📌 OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEWDiscovery Limited is actively recruiting for a Security Specialist (Senior) position in Gauteng. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals in the Security / Intelligence sector looking to advance their careers.
🎯 IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILEWe are seeking talented individuals with the following profile• Experience Level: 10 years • Educational Background: Others or equivalent • Industry Focus: Security / Intelligence • Location Preference: in Gauteng
💼 WHY THIS ROLE MATTERSThe Security Specialist (Senior) position is an important role within the Security / Intelligence sector, offering meaningful career development and professional growth opportunities.
📈 CAREER DEVELOPMENT INSIGHTSThis role in Security / Intelligence offers valuable career progression opportunities aligned with your experience level and professional aspirations.
📋 APPLICATION GUIDANCEWhen applying for this Security Specialist (Senior) position, ensure your CV highlights: • Relevant experience matching the 10 years requirement • Educational qualifications in line with Others • Specific achievements in the Security / Intelligence field • Any certifications or specialized training
🌍 SOUTH AFRICA JOB MARKET CONTEXTThe Security / Intelligence sector in South Africa continues to show strong demand for skilled professionals. This position represents a valuable opportunity in the current job market.
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Key Purpose
The role is pivotal in detecting and responding to cyber events which includes reviewing and continuously improving the management of the Cyber threats. The position requires strong technical and analytical expertise with sound leadership attributes. The primary focus is to ensure that all malicious activity is detected timeously utilising and improving upon the cyber detection capabilities.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited
Optimise Blue / Red Team operations and maintain a working relationship with security operations teams, security officers, security architects, development, network, server and web teams Contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews. Preparing and completing Incident response action plans; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change. Coordinate and manage hi volume complex Cyber Security focused engagements whilst also responding to and managing security events and engage in security investigations Systematically test and forensically detect system vulnerabilities, Conduct risk pathway analysis, assist with combating global system penetrations, Identify and escalate high priority events, prepare and present management risk and remediation assessment reports, and serve as a team lead to mitigate future attacks, Develop an operational support plan for the sustained success of the program – including KPIs of teams, training and development of staff and identify process improvements.
Personal Attributes and Skills
Excellent knowledge of technology environments The ability to articulate security in non-technical business impact terms Customer Service Orientation, Result Orientation, Negotiation skills Personal organisation and time management skills Time and Task Delivery Management Professional Communication (written, verbal/presenting and listening) Interpersonal skills - Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds and at different job levels
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
IT related Diploma / Degree Basic IT qualifications (A+, N+ or equivalent) Advanced Security qualifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, OWASP or equivalent) 10+ years IT Experience 10+ years’ experience in Information Security across 4 or more domains 8+ years direct incident response, cyber security
Advantageous
Relevant Security certifications (GPEN, OSCP, CREST,etc) Expertise with security assessment methodology, vulnerability Risk management, OWASP model, CVE ratings Advanced knowledge of networking protocols and equipment Comfortable with packet analysis and forensic tools Knowledge of a managed security service provider operating model. Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Web Firewalls, Sandboxing, and other security tools. Scripting with Bash, Batch, Perl, or Python – beneficial. Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems. Ability to read web and application server logs to determine potential breaches. Ability to read and action upon logs from endpoint security and malware detection tools Ability to set strategic goals via cyber security industry trends in areas surrounding threat intelligence, SIEM technologies and correlation. Familiarity in cyber security forensics is a plus Network security certifications a plus
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