Senior Cybersecurity Analyst: Threat Monitoring & Response

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to analyze network traffic, implement security solutions, and coordinate cross‑functional teams under a Senior Manager. The role includes testing security tools, gathering threat intel, and monitoring alerts across the organization.

The ideal candidate has CISSP/CSSP/CISM and related certifications, with strong problem solving and initiative to drive security improvements within a mid-to-large ICT environment.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of work experience in Cybersecurity and Security Analysis preferred.
• 3-5 years experience required in SOC and/or Cyber roles and IT Security and/or related function in a medium to large ICT organisations, preferably IT service provider.
• Excellent at solving problems and can use your initiative to drive innovation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and report on network traffic and security events.
• Implement IT security solutions and drive security improvements.
• Coordinate with various teams and report to a Senior Manager for daily tasks.
• Test tools/products, and gather threat information using monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk).
• Manage alerts and incident response activities across the organization.

Education

CISSP

CSSP

CISM

SC-200

SC-300

SC-400

AZ-500

MS-500

ePO Specialist

ESM Specialist

Apex 1

Deep Security

Administration of Symantec Endpoint Protection 14

Gladiator

Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer

AWS Certified Security Specialty

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to analyze network traffic, implement security solutions, and coordinate cross‑functional teams under a Senior Manager. The role includes testing security tools, gathering threat intel, and monitoring alerts across the organization.

The ideal candidate has CISSP/CSSP/CISM and related certifications, with strong problem solving and initiative to drive security improvements within a mid-to-large ICT environment.