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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Cyber Security Administrator at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 28 Jun 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Job 2614372 - Ref 878000006375517

About the position

We are seeking a Cyber Security Administrator to play a key role in managing our security infrastructure — supporting both Cyber Operations and Cyber Engineering teams. This role will work across a variety of technologies, helping ensure the security, stability, and compliance of our digital ecosystem. From managing SIEM and EDR platforms to deploying security solutions and participating in threat hunting, you’ll help design and run the systems that keep cyber threats at bay.



Strategy & Planning:


  • Participate in the planning and lead execution of strategic security technology rollouts. 
  • Engage vendors and partners while contributing to proof of value (POV) cyber exercises. 
  • Support the creation of enterprise security documents (policies, standards, guidelines, baselines, and procedures) under the direction of the Information Security Manager.

Acquisition & Deployment:


  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of cybersecurity industry trends, emerging threats, and attack vectors.
  • Recommend new security solutions or enhancements to improve overall enterprise security posture. 
  • Deploy, integrate, and configure new security technologies, ensuring alignment with enterprise security best practices.
  • Maintain integration catalog documenting all log sources, connectors and parsers in the SIEM, including custom ingestion pipelines.

Operational Management:


  • Maintain secure baselines for cybersecurity solutions, ensuring continuous compliance with security policies. 
  • Monitor and optimize the Next-Gen SIEM, supporting event analysis and response. 
  • Review logs and reports from security devices (EDR, IPS, SIEM, vulnerability scanners) and interpret threat intelligence for proactive risk mitigation.
  • Participate in incident investigations, supporting threat hunting and response efforts.
  • Engage with vendors for technical support and security enhancement discussions. 
  • Implement security changes in accordance with Organization’s Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes.
  • Contribute to vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and security audits, ensuring risk identification and remediation. 
  • Provide on-call security support for enterprise security operations.
  • Run regular SIEM health checks — data volume, parsing success rates, retention compliance — and remediate gaps proactively.
  • Curate and update detection content (rules, analytics stories) in your SIEM based on MITRE ATT&CK, ransomware TTPs and threat intel feeds.
  • Perform root-cause analysis on repeat security incidents and drive action items with system owners.



Requirements
  • Diploma or degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related fields. 
  • Minimum of 3 years of cybersecurity experience. 
  • One or more of the following certifications:
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)
  • Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300)
  • Microsoft Information Protection Administrator (SC-400)
  • Associate of (ISC)² 
  • Experience with Microsoft ATP and Azure Security solutions. 
  • Familiarity with Fortinet and Cisco security technologies. 
  • Proven experience in endpoint, network, and email security implementation. 
  • Strong understanding of IP, TCP/IP, network administration, and cybersecurity protocols. 
  • Knowledge of Incident Response processes, threat hunting, and cyber event analysis.


Desired Skills:

  • CompTIA Security+
  • network administration
  • Azure Security solutions

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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