Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Collect, analyse and interpret cyber-threat data from multiple technical information sources for the development of actionable intelligence.
• Perform malicious software (malware) analysis on artefacts flowing from the incident response process in order to identify the behaviours and indicators of compromise.
• Liaise with internal and external technical stakeholders, providing intelligence regarding threat actor techniques, tactics and procedures in order to ensure correct and timely focused threat detection and mitigation.
• Work closely with technical owners and administrators to define and rationalise corrective actions based on assessment outcomes.
• Produce high-quality technical and tactical threat intelligence reports highlighting vulnerabilities covering the cyber-threat landscape.
• Proactively hunt for cyber-threats through the in-depth analysis of internal technical incident and system information.
• Identify, imbed and support cyber technical threat intelligence tools and technologies in the company

• A Bachelors degree (NQF7) in Security/Information Technology or an equivalent qualification;
• Five to eight years relevant cybersecurity work experience, of which at least two years must be as a cyber threat intelligence expert;
• A security certification in one of the following: Certified Incident Handler, Certified Forensic Analyst, Network Forensics Analyst, Offensive Security (OSCP/OSCE) or any other relevant certifications (an ethical hacking certification would be an added advantage);
• Sound knowledge of cyber threat intelligence processes and tradecraft (e.g. the Cyber Kill Chain and Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis);
• An understanding of networking (including the OSI Model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP);
• Experience working in a Blue team;
• Knowledge of intelligence technologies, including Silo breaker,, , Anomaly, Maltego, VirusTotal Intelligence, MISP);
• Knowledge of threat intelligence conventions, including YARA, OpenIOC and STIX frameworks; and
• Knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Powershell and R. (Advantageous)

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