Cyber Defense Automation Specialist at Absa

Job Summary

• Our Converged Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Information Risk, Cyber, Resilience, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines. 
• You will be a member of the Absa Group Limited Converged Security Operations team with a primary responsibility of designing and developing automation solution to enable rapid response to cyber security events/incidents. You will be responsible for the working through problems with other members of the team and removing blockers where possible and escalating to management when assistance is needed.

Job Description

What you’ll get to do:

The role is within the Converged Security Office and your responsibilities will include the following:

• Work as part of a development team in the delivery of information security and privacy automation tooling and services to the Absa Group Limited (AGL) business
• Work with the Security Operations Team to identify and automate processes that are complex and require large time investment from humans.
• Continuously drive new and innovative approaches to classical security problems by leveraging computing resources to reduce human error and accelerate our response to situations
• Effectively communicate to management, both opportunities for improvement to your functional area as well as issues that require attention to resolve.
• Deliver recommendations and perform actions to improve the detection, escalation, containment and resolution of incidents within AGL’s environment where relevant.
• Deliver automation focused initiatives leveraging past experience in doing so previously
• Provide support in relation to the other Cyber Security team functions as and when dictated by workloads and deadlines applying your specific skills where needed.
• Provide general advice and guidance on automation and development related matters as and when required
• Provision of ‘out of hours’ activities as and when required

What do you need to get in?

• You have good communication skills, both technical and nontechnical topics
• You can work alone but are also a great team player
• You have a background in cyber security focused development
• You have a strong understanding of data structures, machine learning and TensorFlow based computing processes
• You have experience building large scale AI driven projects
• You understand the principles behind application and infrastructure security
• You have the ability to apply and have a solid understanding of secure coding practices
• You are fluent in Python 2 and 3 as well as JavaScript
• You have experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL
• You have solid working experience using Django and Bootstrap
• You are well grounded in automation within the Microsoft Office ecosystem. Eg. Teams integrations and automation workflows. If not, you are able to learn quickly.
• At least an Honours Degree in a relevant field to prove level of cognitive processing and ability to reason through complex problems
• Proven record of accomplishment within Cyber Security Operations with a focus on development and/or automation
• Understanding of the security mechanisms associated with Windows and *nix operating systems, switched/routed networks, applications and databases
• Also... You need to be awesome. ;)
• If you’re passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of Security by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised