Threat Intelligence & Cyber Defense Analyst

reversidesoftwaresolutionspt; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Reverside is seeking a CyberSecurity Analyst to identify, analyse and respond to threats, safeguarding digital assets and ensuring data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The role emphasizes proactive threat intelligence, rapid incident response, and automation across hybrid Cloud environments.

Candidates should have strong PowerShell skills, experience with AI-assisted security tools, and familiarity with CI/CD and container orchestration. Banking experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 4 years of information security experience with at least 2 years in threat intelligence.
• Experience in proactive threat detection, mitigation and resolving advanced attacks.
• Experience enriching data and malware analysis to actionable intelligence.
• Strong PowerShell scripting for automation and investigations.
• Hands-on with AI tools for security analysis and automation.
• Experience with AWS and Microsoft domain infrastructure (Cloud/Hybrid).
• Experience with container orchestration and CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps models.
• Banking/financial services experience preferred.

Skills

Threat Intelligence

Threat Detection

Automation scripting

PowerShell

Python

AI-assisted tools

Cloud/AWS

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in IT/Cybersecurity

CompTIA Security+

GIAC/CEH/OSCP or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

JFrog

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Reverside is seeking a CyberSecurity Analyst to identify, analyse and respond to threats, safeguarding digital assets and ensuring data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The role emphasizes proactive threat intelligence, rapid incident response, and automation across hybrid Cloud environments.

Candidates should have strong PowerShell skills, experience with AI-assisted security tools, and familiarity with CI/CD and container orchestration. Banking experience is a plus.