Junior Cyber Security Analyst

• Company Transgrid
• No. of Openings 10+
• Salary Not Disclosed
• Work Type on-site

Job Description :

Duties and Responsibilities
As a Junior Security Analyst you will:

• Assist in the development and application of security controls and realising the control benefits
• Assist in the development and maintaining of documentation supporting the security practice
• Respond to client queries, security related requests and incidents on a daily basis
• Monitor the security systems for security events
• Participate in the conducting of Security and Risk Assessments as required
• Perform and respond with the other team members to security audits
• Analyse Security breaches to Root cause, identify gaps or the need for additional controls
• Work with our business partners to ensure a consistent approach to the operation and maintenance of secure architectures.
• Operationalise security tools through the maintenance of procedural documentation, monitoring of alerting mechanisms and participation in impact assessments

Skills and Experience
 

To be successful in the role, you will have:
 

• Tertiary qualifications at degree level in an appropriate discipline, or equivalent industry relevant experience
• Good exposure to the handling of security related incidents to root cause
• A minimum of 1 year in a security related role
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to explain security concepts to system users and stakeholders
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• A willingness to take on low level tasks with enthusiasm and due diligence
• Demonstrated ability in the production of documentation using accepted standards and notations
• Demonstrated background in the technical aspect of managing security tools including firewalls, vulnerability scanners, a/v products and security logging tools.
• Appropriate current or recent qualifications from SANS, ISACA, ITIL and Vendor certifications
• Understanding of the principles underlying the operation of an ISMS and good knowledge of ISO27000
• practices and controls.
• Understanding of Risk management practices with the ability to participate in Risk assessments and maintain Risk registers
• Preferably awareness of SABSA, ISO31000 Risk Management and related Risk frameworks