Security Administrator
Job Location:
Job Location:
Centurion - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
An established technology-driven organisation is looking for an experienced Security Administrator (Intermediate) to join its Information Security team. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on cyber security professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges improving security maturity and protecting modern enterprise environments.
Youll play a key role in engineering operating and continuously enhancing security controls across cloud endpoint identity network and application environments. Working alongside infrastructure development and security teams youll help strengthen the organisations cyber security posture while supporting the execution of its long-term security roadmap.
Youll play a key role in engineering operating and continuously enhancing security controls across cloud endpoint identity network and application environments. Working alongside infrastructure development and security teams youll help strengthen the organisations cyber security posture while supporting the execution of its long-term security roadmap.
What Youll Do
As a Security Administrator you will:
As a Security Administrator you will:
- Engineer administer and improve security controls across Microsoft cloud environments.
- Investigate and remediate cloud security posture findings including misconfigurations exposed workloads over-privileged identities and vulnerable container images.
- Design and maintain enterprise identity and access controls including Conditional Access phishing-resistant MFA and Privileged Access Management (PAM).
- Manage and optimise the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform through policy development threat hunting compliance monitoring and risk management.
- Administer web application firewall (WAF) Zero Trust access bot management DNS-layer security and support network security hardening initiatives.
- Operate and enhance email security controls including SPF DKIM and DMARC.
- Investigate and respond to escalated security incidents performing root cause analysis and coordinating containment and recovery.
- Manage the vulnerability management lifecycle including scanning prioritisation remediation coordination and penetration test remediation.
- Develop security automation using PowerShell APIs workflow automation platforms cloud-native automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Support governance initiatives by implementing technical security controls preparing audit evidence and contributing to security maturity reporting.
- 35 years experience in Security Engineering Security Operations or a Senior Security Administration role.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) endpoint security and Microsoft cloud security.
- Hands-on experience administering an enterprise Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform.
- Experience working with Web Application Firewalls (WAF) CDN technologies or Zero Trust access solutions.
- Strong PowerShell scripting skills and experience working with REST APIs.
- Practical experience with vulnerability management and remediation.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP DNS TLS VPNs and network segmentation.
- Grade 12 (Matric) with a relevant IT qualification or equivalent practical experience.
- Microsoft certifications such as SC-200 AZ-500 or SC-300.
- CompTIA Security CySA or equivalent security certifications.
- Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools.
- Exposure to Kubernetes security container security image scanning and software supply chain security.
- Experience with SIEM platforms or log management solutions.
- Familiarity with email authentication technologies including SPF DKIM DMARC and MTA-STS.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and workflow automation.
- Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST CSF CIS Controls ISO 27001 and POPIA.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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