IT Security Analyst

Location: Sandown, JHB
Salary: Market Related/Negotiable

About the Role:
The IT Security Analyst is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and administration of security systems, software and related infrastructure.

Requirements:
Minimum 4 - 6 years in Security Administration role
National Diploma in Information Technology
NSE 4 FortiGate – Network Security Professional Essential
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Security)
McAfee Certified Product Specialist (SIEM)
FortiGate Firewall
Firewall Policies/IPsec Tunnels
Server architecture and support
Virtualisation Concepts (Hyper-V)
Security Operation Center Concepts (SOC)
Windows Server Operating Systems
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Information Security based knowledge
Audit methodology

Duties:
Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the security landscape.
Ensures that system configurations, all activities undertaken align with agreed service levels and proactively seek ways to improve the provision of services to the wider organisation.
Assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology including the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy; research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design; and support of operations staff in executing, testing and rolling-out the solutions.
Participation on projects is focused on smoothing the transition of projects from development staff to production staff by performing operations activities within the project life-cycle.
Responsible for the Group Firewalls, Network IDS/IPSs, VPNs, and Infrastructure from an information security perspective.
Deal with the day to day information security related operational issues and security based exceptions, administration and reporting.
Deal with all operational aspects of the Fortigate Firewalls, the managed SIEM and administration of information security based functions and infrastructure.
Actively participate in the development of Information Security controls, policies and procedures. Responsible for information security based aspects of the following Systems including, but not limited to: FortiGate firewalls, FortiAnalyzer, Active Directory, File Services, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, Network Access Control, Windows and Linux based Operating Systems, IBM, Hyper-V, Information Security management and reporting toolsets.