Security Operations Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
19 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Location: Cape Town Work Type: Hybrid Contract Duration: 6 months Job ID: J107190
About our client:
Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative sustainable inclusive culture and performance. You are welcome to go into the office daily or to take advantage of their hybrid in-office / remote benefit. This company places significant investment in employee wellness their benefits which are on top of generous basic salaries are industry leading in their generosity. Our client is large offering fantastic career development opportunities but also very dynamic they track as many metrics as possible in order to continuously improve - they spare no expense on the tools to do so. Automation AI and R&D are pillars of their business framework which ensures you should never be at risk of falling behind or getting stuck working with old legacy software. Culturally they are very cosmopolitan and diverse you will be working with the best globally.
What you will be doing:
- Manage daily security operations including handling support tickets monitoring security tools (internal and managed SOC) investigating incidents major incident response operating runbooks and monitoring threat feeds.
- Configure and operate core security tools (EDR SWG UEBA SEG PAM SSO) implement technical security standards provide input on security posture and manage the vulnerability management process.
- Offer technical security advice for projects (control design process review SSDLC input) contribute to technical security designs and policies ensure the secure implementation of cloud services and research emerging threats/vulnerabilities.
- Support ongoing security awareness programs through staff training running phishing tests and communicating new/emerging threats via intranet announcements.
What our client is looking for:
- Minimum 5 years in a Security Operations or similar role demonstrating strong technical expertise across security monitoring detection prevention and control systems.
- Hands-on experience with security incident response planning and ensuring its ongoing effectiveness.
- Expertise in Azure M365 OWASP Top 10 SANS Top 20 and the MITRE Att&ck framework (Microsoft or SANS certifications are desirable).
- Knowledge of industry standards (e.g. ISO 27001:2022) data handling best practices and expertise in global data protection laws (e.g. GDPR) especially for the financial sector.
- Ability to stay current with evolving threat actor Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and necessary mitigation mechanisms.
- A passion for creating secure scalable and resilient systems; strong problem-solving skills; a desire to be part of a highly effective service-orientated cyber security function; and a commitment to ethics compliance and urgency.
For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer do visit our website - Operations Engineer Cyber Security Cape Town Hybrid Incident Response EDR SWG UEBA PAM Azure M365 MITRE Att&ck GDPR ISO 27001 Financial Sector
Required Skills:
Security Operations Engineer Cyber Security Cape Town Hybrid Incident Response EDR SWG UEBA PAM Azure M365 MITRE Att&ck GDPR ISO 27001 Financial Sector
