Cyber Resilience & Services Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a skilled Cyber Security professional in Johannesburg to lead cyber resilience initiatives and incident response across the Group. You will protect sensitive data, coordinate containment actions and ensure policy compliance within regulatory requirements.

Candidates will provide expert knowledge in information security, oversee incident response, and support the InfoSec strategy while engaging with stakeholders and managing security programs across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 3 - 4 years proven experience in risk management.
• 5 - 7 years prior experience in providing managed services to customers and experience in managing vendors/suppliers of professional IT services.
• 5 - 7 years strong IT understanding with insight into digital and platform operating models and cyber security trends and solutions, including experience in information security within the banking or financial services sector.
• Ability to articulate information, direct people, empower individuals, manage tasks and provide insights.
• Knowledge of data analysis, documenting and understanding Internal & External IT Environment.
• Familiarity with IT strategy, planning, research & information gathering and service management processes.
• Experience with libraries and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• To implement cyber resilience programme through management and oversight of cyber security incident response across the Group, preventing cyber attacks, protecting sensitive data and systems from infiltration or misuse.
• To coordinate and prioritise actions during the containment and mitigating actions of incidents ensuring cyber sec policies, framework, procedures, and regulatory requirements are met.
• To provide Cyber Sec expert knowledge and technical skills in support of the InfoSec strategy.

Skills

Risk management

Vendor management

Cyber security

IT governance

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Information security

Job description

• 3 - 4 years Proven experience in risk management
• 5 - 7 years Prior experience in providing managed services to customers and Experience in managing vendors/suppliers of professional IT services
• 5 - 7 years Strong IT understanding gaining insight into digital and platform operating models and Cyber Security trends and solutions, including experience in information security within the banking and /or financial services sector
• Articulating Information
• Directing People
• Empowering Individuals
• Managing Tasks
• Providing Insights
• Data Analysis and Documenting
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Strategy ,Planning ,Research & Information Gathering
• Service Management Processes
• Use of Libraries and Frameworks

Responsibilities:

• To implement cyber resilience programme through management and oversight of cyber security incident response across the Group, preventing cyber attacks, protecting sensitive data and systems from infiltration or misuse.
• To coordinate and prioritise actions during the containment and mitigating actions of incidents ensuring cyber sec policies, framework, procedures, and regulatory requirements are met.
• To provide Cyber Sec expert knowledge and technical skills in support of the InfoSec strategy