Cybersecurity Specialist, Threat Hunting
The Position:
The Cybersecurity
Specialist, Threat Hunting is responsible for analysing, improving,
implementing, and executing security controls proactively to prevent external
threat actors from infiltrating Bank information or systems. The overarching
goal of the position is to seek out, identify, neutralise, evict, and prevent
the re-entry of resident threat actors in the Bank’s networks, information
systems, and technological ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify
advanced threats, track the same, and mitigate them before organisational
IT systems are attacked.
- Continuously
detect, analyse, and combat advanced cyber threats. Detect vulnerabilities
and mitigate the associated cybersecurity risk before it affects the Bank.
- Search
for evidence of active threats within the Bank’s technological environment
that may have bypassed both preventative and detective controls using the
latest threat hunting tools and techniques.
- Continuously
strengthen the Bank’s cybersecurity posture through research, threat
simulations, threat hunting, and offensive security engagements.
- Work
with the wider Cybersecurity Intelligence Security Operations Centre
(CISOC) technical teams to gain insight into critical information security
controls and architecture specifics to develop effective threat hunting
strategies and analytics that identify malicious behaviour accurately
while maintaining a low false positive rate.
- Analyse
and correlate large data sets to uncover novel threats and attack
techniques that may be present within the Bank’s environments.
- Collaborate
with Security and Threat Monitoring, Threat Intelligence, and Incident
Response Specialists to identify opportunities to develop analytical
methods to detect advanced threat actors who utilise emerging tactics,
techniques, and procedures.
- Develop
and document new and innovative threat hunt hypotheses and methodologies
to augment the team’s ability to find existing or new cyber threats that
are otherwise going unidentified or unnoticed.
- Act
a thought leader in the design of cutting-edge detective, preventative,
and proactive controls.
The Person:
For the above position,
the successful applicant should meet the following criteria:
- Information
Technology / Computer Science / Telecommunications / Engineering /
(Electrical, Electronic) or related field
- Security
certification such as Certified SOC Analyst (CSA),Certified Incident
Handler (E|CIH),GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA,GIAC Certified
Incident Handler (GCIH),GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA),GIAC
Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM),Certified Information Systems Auditor
(CISA),Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP),Certified Information Security Manager (CISM),Security+,Certified
Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
- Have
a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Technology with at least 2 years’
experience in Cybersecurity and Security Operations Centre / Security
Monitoring / Endpoint Detection and Response / Network Detection and
Response.
How to Apply
The above position is
demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration
package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate
your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our
Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.
To be considered your
application must be received by Friday 2nd December
2022.
Qualified candidates with
disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.