Cloud Security Analyst

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Job summary

A leading tech company in South Africa is seeking a knowledgeable individual to assume responsibilities involving Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Cloud Security solutions. Candidates should demonstrate strong technical ownership skills, strategic thinking, and a passion for continual learning. You will manage alerts, develop solutions, and assist in product development while embracing a flexible approach to work. Being fluent in English and having experience in risk management are crucial for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical ownership and ability to share knowledge.
• Fluency in English required.
• Able to perform risk assessments for threats.

Responsibilities

• Manage alerts in Azure Sentinel and perform triage.
• Develop and deliver solutions based on Azure technologies.
• Assist in product development and presales cycles.

Skills

Technical ownership skills

Strategic thinking

Business acumen

Knowledge of Active Directory

Risk and threat management

Agile working

Continuous learning

Education

Experience with Microsoft Cloud Security solutions

Proven experience as a SME or technical lead

Tools

Azure Sentinel

Azure Monitor

Microsoft 365 Defender

Job description

Responsibilities

• You have demonstrated technical ownership skills and love sharing knowledge.
• Strategic thinking and a strong business acumen are essential in this role. We expect you to be well versed in current technological trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts.
• Performing risk and threat management on alerts and events generated in Azure Sentinel
• Detecting and correlating events in Azure Sentinel to create incidents and perform triage
• Further learn to automate and orchestrate automated responses in Azure Playbooks
• Assist with continuous development of the company MDR platform on Azure Sentinel
• Assist in presales cycles helping sales team to solution sell new opportunities
• Assist in product development of the company MDR platform
• Perform risk assessments for threats and risks for clients
• Continuously learn and attend online webinars and events to stay up to date with the latest trends
• You design, implement, and breathe Microsoft Cloud Security solutions
• You assist in (pre)sales cycles with solution selling and pricing strategies
• You have demonstrated knowledge in protocols surrounding Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Networking, DNS, Communications and Network Security, Risk Management, Vulnerability Management and Threat Management
• You work with your team to help develop and deliver solutions based on technologies in these two areas:
  • Enterprise Mobility + Security workloads with a focus on Azure Active Directory features, Microsoft 365 Defender, Cloud App Security and MIP.
  • Microsoft Azure (Stack) Infrastructure and security related services, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Business Continuity and Recovery solutions, Azure Sentinel, Azure IaaS services, Azure RBAC best-practices
  • Open to learn and certify yourselves in industry standards and frameworks such as NIST, ISC2, EC-Council, MITRE ATT&CK, SANS, OSCP and OWASP.
• You are who you are and bring personality on board.
• You love to learn and make an impact, both career wise and personally.
• You are not made for 9 to 5 jobs.
• Proven experience as a SME and technical lead or similar leadership role.
• You embrace lifelong learning and aren't shy of learning new things.
• You are familiar with agile way of working or are open to learning how to deliver following such an approach.
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research.

Additional Information

• Come as you are and be who you are.
• Honesty, integrity and confidentiality are key
• Mutual respect for diversity and cultural awareness.
• Perform additional ad hoc duties outside of the basic job specification that the company believes to be reasonably appropriate.
• Flexible approach to working hours with a willingness and ability to respond to needs outside office hours during the early morning, evenings and weekends where necessary

Languages

• Speak, read and write fluently in English