Manager, Information Cyber Security

Standard Bank Of South Africa Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking an Information Security Manager to spearhead a threat hunting program within their Cyber Security Operations Centre. The role involves guiding a team, executing cyber hunts, and demands extensive experience in security monitoring, incident response, and technical mentorship within the cybersecurity domain.

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology required.
• Experience in CSOC, incident response, and threat hunting essential.
• Exposure to scripting with Bash, Python, or PowerShell is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the implementation of a threat hunting program.
• Guide and support a team of threat hunters and cyber engineers.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence for executing complex cyber hunts.

Skills

Security monitoring

Threat detection

Incident response

Scripting

Cloud security best practices

Education

Degree in Information Technology

Tools

SIEM tools (Microsoft Sentinel)

Linux

Azure

AWS

Job description

Location : ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

Develop, lead, and mature the implementation of a threat hunting programme within the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) in line with the InfoSec strategy and roadmap.

Guide, support, and direct threat hypothesis, information assimilation, and the designing, scoping, and executing of threat hunts, reviewing and guiding the remediation processes.

This hands-on role requires deep technical knowledge of security monitoring, security operations, network and systems analysis, threat modelling, and threat detection.

Responsible for leading and managing a team of technical security Threat Hunters and Cyber Engineers, contributing to the mentoring, coaching, and growth of the team.

Qualifications: A degree in Information Technology is required.

Experience: Collaborating with Threat Intelligence and Offensive analysts to identify priority cyber threats, designing strategies for complex cyber hunts, and executing them.

Cyber Hunts should be designed and executed based on prioritized complex hypothesis-based threat hunting, including documentation.

Experience in a CSOC environment, including monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents; familiarity with SIEM tools such as Microsoft Sentinel is advantageous.

Experience or exposure to penetration testing and red teaming, focusing on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities, is advantageous.

Experience with cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, including cloud security best practices, is beneficial.

Solid engineering background with proficiency in Linux, including system management, security, and troubleshooting.

Experience or exposure to incident response, including analysis and mitigation of security incidents, is beneficial.

Exposure to automation or scripting with Bash, Python, or PowerShell to streamline security tasks or integrate tools is a plus.

Additional Skills: Offensive skills (Pen Testing, Red Teaming), Integration / Automation / Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell).

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