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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

SOC Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Intermediate position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 21 Nov 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2627967 - Ref 878000013720450
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About the position

We are looking for a highly skilled SOC Engineer to join our dynamic security team. In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security threats across the enterprise environment. You’ll work hands-on with leading SIEM platforms and collaborate within an Agile team to strengthen our security posture and safeguard critical systems.


 


Key Responsibilities


  • Continuously monitor and analyse security events across multiple SIEM platforms (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Splunk, QRadar).
  • Detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents, ensuring timely remediation and escalation when required.
  • Conduct malware analysis, threat hunting, and proactive security assessments.
  • Support incident response activities including triage, evidence collection, containment, and post-incident reviews.
  • Develop and fine-tune detection rules, dashboards, and alerting use cases.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams within an Agile environment to drive improvements in security tooling and processes.
  • Generate high-quality reporting and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Stay up to date with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity trends.

Requirements
  • 3+ years experience in a Security Operations Centre or Cybersecurity operations environment.
  • Strong experience with major SIEM platforms (Sentinel, Defender, Splunk, QRadar).
  • Solid understanding of network security principles, malware behaviour, and security monitoring techniques.
  • Hands-on experience in incident response, log analysis, and threat detection.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven Agile teamworking experience.
Preferred Certifications


  • CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Or other relevant cybersecurity certifications


Desired Skills:

  • SIEM
  • SOC
  • Threat Hunting
  • Networking
  • Agile

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Diploma

About The Employer:


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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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