Job Description

Our Client is on a mission to maintain and develop a high-performing cybersecurity function in support of a complex business undergoing digital transformation. They are looking for a Cybersecurity Manager: Security Operations take responsibility for cybersecurity operations, specifically purple teaming, across South Africa. The objective is to continue building and enhancing the function with a strong focus on people development while leveraging modern technology solutions and specialist third parties to continually improve security posture through threat detection, response and continual control validation.Skills and ExperienceWhat youll do:People

• Enhancing cyber intellectual capital: Leadership and management of the cybersecurity SOC/purple team covering talent development and performance management.
• Building culture and teaming: Management of internal partnerships for execution, including context setting, skills transfer, and up-skilling.
• Management of key external security partner and service relationships (e.g. MSSP).

Process

• Take responsibility for cybersecurity operations covering offence and defence: threat detection, incident response operations, threat hunting, and red teaming.
• Enhance SOC capabilities through continual improvement of quality, visibility, coverage and effectiveness.
• Work with other cybersecurity team leaders, the CISO, and other key stakeholders, to define and drive a threat-informed and risk-based cyber security strategy.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of cyber security operations, processes and ways of working.
• Enhance purple teaming processes with the philosophy of continual threat identification and continual control improvement and validation.
• Translate strategic security operational requirements into practical solutions and drive implementation.
• Leverage modern technology and AI capabilities to enhance operations.
• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Cyber and Information Security Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines.
• Remain aware of global security industry trends and influence the strategy accordingly.
• Define and maintain SOC playbooks.
• Manage forecasts and budgets.

Customer

• Understand Cyber, IT and Business strategies and contribute to the creation and delivery of the annual cybersecurity roadmap and execution with a specific focus on purple teaming.
• Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the roadmap.
• Provide updates, context and feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Your expertise:

• 12+ years relevant experience in the cyber and information security discipline.
• 5+ years experience in people leadership.
• Demonstrable experience in leading a specialised cybersecurity team within a large environment.
• Experience with security operations tools, frameworks, practices, and processes.
• Resiliency, determination, and pragmatism.
• May be required to assist outside of working hours.
• Additional Criteria

• Experience in both red and blue teaming is advantageous, specifically response operations.
• Experience in building and maturing SOC capabilities, including automation.
• Practical experience with adversarial frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Working knowledge of PCI-DSS.

Qualifications required:

• 3-year IT qualification.
• Post-graduate degree, industry certifications and community/lab involvement are advantageous.

OtherKey Competencies

• Makes sound technical decisions based on understanding of what is commercially achievable within technological constraints.
• Evaluates the applicability of solutions with the ability to challenge and qualify its suitability for the business.
• Leverages research on technology-related concepts, trends and best practices to provide guidance on IT roadmap.
• Set technical policies and procedures to support IT stability and success aligned to evolving technologies and methodologies.
• Responsive to external influences (positive or negative) on the organisation.
• Understands what is commercially achievable and makes sound business decisions.
• Supports the development of business acumen of team through knowledge sharing and upskilling.
• Maintains advanced knowledge of business operations and organisational metrics and trends.
• Effectively applies substantial in-depth analysis in order to determine and meet requirements.
• Quickly identifies key issues, stakeholders and viewpoints in a complex situation or problem.
• Finds ways to condense large amounts of information into a useful form.
• Anticipates the consequences of situations and proactively works to overcome potential obstacles.
• Asks perceptive, probing questions to get to the heart of the matter.
• Plans and ensures implementation of activities/projects identified in business strategy.
• Maintains a keen awareness of the interrelationships among various components of large-scale activities/projects.
• Allocates time and resources as required when faced with multiple demands and competing priorities.
• Considers the financial implications before finalising activity/project plans.
• Actively monitors resource allocation and utilisation and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Seeks and influences new relationships outside own unit and identifies new collaborative partnerships that better position programmes and services.
• Shares information with colleagues and partners about industry trends and business opportunities.
• Coaches others on how to develop proposals and work plans for effective partnership arrangements.
• Establishes connections that help facilitate the accomplishment of broader organisational objectives.
• Actively listens, interprets and presents messages in different ways to enhance understanding.
• Appropriately adapts the message, style, and tone of communication to accommodate a variety of audiences.
• Reviews presentations to ensure effective use of tools and techniques and provides recommendations.
• Prepares a wide variety of complex reports and documents using diverse sources.
• Confidently addresses groups of people, adapting style as appropriate for different audiences.
• Anticipates change by keeping up to date on current research and trends affecting ones own field.
• Reviews, evaluates and disseminates information regarding key methodologies, best practices and tools to support a future landscape.
• Continually searches for ways to adapt and improve through change.
• Consciously models appropriate adaptions and encourages it in others.
• Devises action plans for adapting to change.
• Systematically analyses and shares the learning/ knowledge gained from change.
• Redirects own or own teams efforts in response to changed circumstances to ensure effective problem solving.

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Permanent Position
• Location: Cape Town
• Environment: Hybrid - 4 days in the Office and Fridays at Home. However, it can change depending on work load or agreements between Employee and Line Manager.

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