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Clicks Group is a retail-led healthcare group which has been listed on the JSE Limited since 1996. Through market-leading retail brands Clicks, GNC, The Body Shop, Claire's and Musica, the group has over 795 stores across southern Africa. Clicks Group is a leader in the healthcare market where Clicks has the largest retail pharmacy chain with over 473...
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About the job
Job Objectives:
To take ownership of IT operational security duties and provide day-to-day support to the Information Security Officer, including:
Administer and maintain operational security solutions and processes towards continuous improvement of the overall IT security posture
Automate repetitive workflows with scripts and toolsets
Research, develop, and recommend information security policies, procedures, standards, and safeguards to protect sensitive data and enable secure data transmission and storage
Document and implement security hardening baselines for internal and external IT systems and compliance monitoring
Administer and manage identity access governance toolset, and initiate and follow up on user access certification review campaigns
Enhance and monitor SIEM alerts, investigate and resolve incidents
Develop and assist in threat intelligence initiatives
Collaborate with teams/business to consult around security solutions for applications
Identify, investigate and resolve threat intelligence, security, access and authentication issues escalated by staff and other users
Keep abreast of and share details of new and ongoing information security issues, threats, remediation/mitigation steps and latest technologies
Document technical issues identified during security assessments and practical recommendations for resolution. Proactively identify and mitigate against information security risks or incidents
Drive awareness of vendors / 3rd parties compliance requirements to information security standards, and ensure adherence thereof
Generate regular IT security reports structured to provide information about statistics and trends as required by the Information Security Officer
Implement IT security projects, deploy new security tools using DevOps approach to achieve tasks and objectives, and conduct research work as needed
Maintain PCI DSS and audit compliance requirements
Share workload with IT Security analysts to meet call SLA requirements, and automate manual IT security workflows where appropriate
Qualifications and Experience:
Relevant IT Security Certification (CISSP, OSCP, CEH, Security+, Linux, CISA, etc.)
Demonstrable Linux and scripting/programming experience
At least 5 years IT related experience
At least 3 year IT security related experience
Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge:
Demonstrable general IT experience
Understanding of information security principles
Working knowledge of heterogeneous operating system platforms
Proficient in at least one programming or scripting language (Linux shell scripting, Windows Powershell scripting, Python, Perl, Java, etc.)
Understanding of information security assessments, tools, and industry standards
Passionate about IT Security
Competencies:
Analyses
Planning and Organising
Report Writing
Results Driven
Deciding and Initiating Action
Learning and Researching
Presenting and communicating
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