Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to research, design, develop, implement and mature cybersecurity operations (CSO)-related technologies and solutions within the Business Solutions and Technology Department (BSTD) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:


Provide technical expertise as input into cybersecurity capabilities and appropriate controls for departmental/group projects to contribute towards business objectives. Provide operational management support through effective reporting and dashboard creation where relevant. Design and deploy industry-aligned security solutions to meet business requirements. Use and maintain security technologies to identify potential security issues across technologies, solutions and applications within the SARB Group. Respond to minor security breaches by executing operational countermeasures, including making technical configuration changes. Support the investigation and containment of major incidents using advanced information. Innovate, design and implement opportunities for improvements/enhancements, integration, consolidation and automation to ensure the cost-effective and optimal use of CSO technology and resources in support of protecting business solutions. Research and keep abreast of new and changing cybersecurity technologies and architectures. Scan the external threat landscape, identify vulnerabilities within SARB Group solutions and assist solution owners with remediation activities relating to ever-evolving cyber threats. Provide technical input into addressing audit findings, penetration tests, threat intelligence-based ethical red-teaming and other risk assessments. Work closely with the governance teams to develop policies, standards and a group cybersecurity strategy. * Attend to service and incident requests and ensure the resolution thereof within agreed service level standards.