Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Develop and maintain information technology (IT) security standards and procedures to ensure IT security governance.
• Identify and categorise new IT security threats, vulnerabilities and risks to ensure that the company threat landscape is reduced.
• Proactively and timeously assess the vulnerability of infrastructure to threats, diagnose problems and customise solutions to address problems, where necessary.
• Administer and maintain IT security systems and solutions to ensure the health, availability and reliability thereof.
• Provide meaningful IT security metrics and reporting to inform decisions based on accurate up-to-date measurements of IT threat and risks.
• Participate in IT security projects aimed at improving IT security in the company.
• Perform work independently in order to deliver work that meets time and quality standards, and customer expectations.
• Troubleshoot identified IT security incidents (second and third-level support) and problems on the relevant platforms, together with other technical teams (i.e. desktop, servers, networks and storage).
• Participate during the planned and unplanned IT systems recovery process through recovering the IT security solutions.
• Participate in IT security audits through the provision of relevant information.
• Stay current with IT security knowledge and skills in order to maintain professional expertise and relevant accreditation.

• a Bachelors degree in Information Technology (NQF 7) or an equivalent qualification;
• internationally recognised security original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product-specific certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Symantec, Sophos and MacAfee)
• certification as a Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) or Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP); and
• 8xc3xa2xc2x80xc2x9210 years IT experience, of which a minimum of three years must be in IT security.

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