Cyber Security Specialist / Penetration Tester

Endeavour Recruitment Solutions • Other • Cape Town, Western Cape, Gauteng, South Africa • $300 - $400 / year • 7h ago

Cyber Security Specialist / Penetration Tester

Country: South Africa
Location: Cape Town or Gauteng
Sector: Security Engineers / Consultants
Salary: Rand Negotiable
Job Type: Contract
Technologies: Cyber Security, Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacker

Posted Thursday, 16 September 2021

Endeavour Recruitment has an excellent permanent opportunity for a Cyber Security Analyst / Penetration Tester to join a leading company in the Private Sector with offices based in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. Excellent career prospects!

The chosen candidate will join the Cyber Security team and will be responsible for evaluating and strengthening the security posture through continuous vulnerability and security assessments.

Responsibilities / Duties

Perform penetration testing and security assessments across the technology landscape
Be responsible for vulnerability management
Review, configure and maintain EDR solution
Actively engage with teams and providers to architect and implement solutions to enhance security
Continuous proactive improvement of existing processes and security control systems
Define threat models and organically grow the threat hunting capability
IT security incident management and monitoring
IT security risks management
Provide well-written, concise, technical and non-technical reports
Assist with the resolution of audit findings
This role may require standby from time to time

Experience required

A relevant certification/tertiary qualification in IT Security
Minimum of 3 years of cyber security experience
Experience in penetration testing tools
Experience within mobile security assessments, vulnerability and/or malware analysis, security solutions and cloud technologies advantageous
Understanding of security best practices in a mixed Windows/Linux environment, attack methodologies and OWASP

Required skills

Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
Strong work ethic and willingness to learn
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage and prioritize objectives with overlapping time constraints
The ability to work independently and as a team member

Please get in touch for further details on this not to be missed permanent opportunity. We look forward to receiving your CV!

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