Cyber Prevent Specialist

Paracon; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Paracon seeks an experienced Cyber Prevent Specialist to join a dynamic cyber security team on a long-term contract. You will strengthen preventative controls across products, services, and environments, identifying risks early and embedding security by design.

You will collaborate with business leaders, architects, developers, and security stakeholders to reduce cyber risk and protect critical data and infrastructure throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Formación

• Degree or Diploma in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, Security+ and cloud security certs are advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills to interact with executives and technology teams.

Responsabilidades

• Identify cyber security risks within products, services, and tech solutions.
• Define preventative security controls to mitigate identified risks.
• Conduct security reviews and validate controls before production go-live.
• Assess security implications of changes and track remediation with stakeholders.
• Provide reporting: dashboards, KRIs, and risk trends for management.

Conocimientos

Cyber Security Risk Management

Security Assurance & Control

Information Security Governance

Security Policies & Standards

Security Architecture Principles

Cloud Security

Educación

Degree or Diploma in Information Security/CS/IT/Engineering

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Prevent Specialist to join a dynamic cyber security team responsible for strengthening preventative security controls across products, services, applications, and technology environments. It's a long-term Contract role

This role will play a critical part in identifying cyber risks early in the delivery lifecycle, ensuring security controls are embedded by design, and providing security assurance across strategic programmer and initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with business leaders, technology teams, architects, developers, and security stakeholders to reduce cyber risk and protect critical infrastructure, services, and customer data.

Key Responsibilities

Cyber Security Assurance & Risk Management

• Identify cyber security risks within new and existing products, services, applications, and technology solutions.
• Define and recommend preventative security controls to reduce or mitigate identified risks.
• Conduct security reviews and assessments of solution designs and implementations.
• Validate security controls before production deployment and go-live approval.
• Assess security implications of technology changes and transformations.
• Drive remediation activities and track security risks through to resolution.
• Support secure decommissioning of products, services, and technology assets.

Governance, Compliance & Reporting

• Manage Cyber Prevent activities across assigned business units and markets.
• Maintain security governance processes, standards, and reporting mechanisms.
• Support CHARM compliance activities and control assurance reviews.
• Review security evidence and monitor compliance against internal and external requirements.
• Perform risk assessments and provide recommendations to stakeholders.
• Escalate material risks and control weaknesses where required.
• Produce management reports, dashboards, trend analysis, and Key Risk Indicator (KRI) reporting.

Security Architecture & Preventative Controls

• Translate cyber security policies, frameworks, and standards into practical security requirements.
• Define security guardrails, architecture patterns, and security acceptance criteria.
• Review technical solutions to ensure security principles are embedded throughout the SDLC.
• Support the implementation of secure-by-design and secure-by-default practices.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and delivery teams to improve cyber resilience.

DevSecOps & Security Enablement

• Support the integration of security controls within Agile and DevSecOps environments.
• Assist in embedding security into CI/CD pipelines and development processes.
• Work with engineering teams to improve automated security controls and tooling.
• Promote cyber security awareness and best practices across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant cyber security certifications would be advantageous:
• CISSP
• CISM
• CISA
• CCSP
• Security+
• Azure Security Certifications
• AWS Security Certifications

Experience

• 5+ years' experience in Cyber Security, Information Security, Risk Management, Security Assurance, or Governance.
• Experience conducting cyber security risk assessments and security reviews.
• Exposure to enterprise technology environments and cloud platforms.
• Experience supporting security governance, compliance, and control assurance activities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Technical Skills Required

• Cyber Security Risk Management
• Security Assurance & Control Validation
• Information Security Governance
• Security Policies & Standards
• Security Architecture Principles
• Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)