Senior Security Analyst

The Security Senior Analyst works within the Security business unit and deals with the most complex security and cyber threats. The primary responsibility of this position is to research and identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in order to minimise the window of attach and limit the amount of time an adversary has to gain access to the network before they are discovered.

The Security Senior Analyst will facilitate the access to tools and research through our partners to design and develop platforms, systems, and services that will assist in proactive identification of potential threats and threat actors in order to minimise the window of attack and limit the amount of time an adversary has to gain access to a networks before they are discovered.

Competencies:

In this position you will be required to:

• Assist in developing a threat intelligence strategy to support the business to become proactive, focussed, and preventative and develop and implement appropriate plans to address lower performance and ineffective cyber hunting practices.
• Produce intelligence outputs, threat and vulnerability reports, data and actionable intelligence and situational awareness to facilitate decision making.
• Research and identify potential threats and vulnerabilities and develop action plans to counter emerging cyber intelligence threats.
• Produce threat warnings, real-time situational and predictive analysis and the synthesis of all-source information and data.
• Participate in meetings and produce technical reports on intelligence threats and mechanisms depicting the value of the cyber intelligence function.
• Effectively work with a team of Security Analysts.

Required Skill Set:

• Privilege Access Management
• Vulnerability Management
• End Point Protection
• Data Loss Prevention
• Identity Management
• Security Information and Event Management
• Email Security
• Security Incident Handling
• Cloud Web Security

Relevant Certifications:

• CompTIA: CYSA, CASP, S+
• ISC2: CISSP, CSSP
• ISACA: CISM
• Microsoft Security: SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, AZ-500, MS-500
• McAfee: ePO Specialist, ESM Specialist
• Trend: Apex 1, Deep Security
• Symantec: Administration of Symantec Endpoint Protection 14
• Splunk: Enterprise Certified Admin
• Mimecast: Gladiator
• Palo Alto: Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer
• AWS: Certified Security Specialty

Work Experience Required:

• 7 - 10 years work experience
• 3 5 years experience required in SOC and or Cyber roles and IT Security and/ or related function in a medium to large ICT organisation, preferably IT service provider.
• Excellent client service orientation
• Excellent at solving problems and can use your initiative to drive innovation Excellent process management experience.
• Excellent Cyber Risk experience