Career Opportunities at Disruptive IT (PTY) Limited -(2 Positions)

Description
To administer and support the Linux environments

• Resolve Incidents and fulfil Service Requests using a service management ticket queue and Change Management processes
• Maintaining service configurations as and when they change or are deployed

To build and maintain Linux server environments

• Develop and maintain documentation for standards, processes, policies and procedures
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to the infrastructure

To assist with System Availability, Performance and Monitoring

• Ensuring the correct metrics are being monitored for system availability
• Ensure the overall health and performance of production environment

To ensure information security and regulatory compliance

• Manage server security remediation activities which will include conducting vulnerability scans and patching
• Assist with information security practices, policies, least privilege, RBAC, encryption (GPG, SSL/TLS, PKI)

To assist with Disaster recovery management, procedures & documentation

• Keep DR environment in sync with production environment
• Assist with creation of DR plan and recovery procedures for Linux systems and applications

To perform Linux application administration and support

• Perform administration on DNS Bind and Squid Proxy Servers
• Perform administration on services and applications such as LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, Apache Web Server, Apache Tomcat, JBOSS and MySQL

Requirements
Qualifications

Essential:

• Grade 12
• Industry Certification: LPIC (Linux Professional Institute Certification)

Desirable:

• Industry Certification: RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)
• Industry Certification: SUSE CLP (SUSE Certified Linux Professional)

Experience

Essential:

• Extensive System Administration experience with Red Hat Linux and SUSE enterprise Linux (5+ years)
• Proven history of incident response, diagnostic activities, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action Plans, and advanced troubleshooting (5+ years)
• Experience with RDS databases like MySQL, LDAP, Bind DNS service and Apache Web service (5+ years)

Desirable:

• Experience working with virtualisation technologies ( 3-5years)
• Experience in documenting environment and processes (3-5 years)

Knowledge and Skills

Essential:

• Understanding of UNIX/Linux Fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of network and storage principles
• Knowledge of industry security principles and server vulnerability remediation practices
• In-depth knowledge of Redhat and SUSE Enterprise Linux
• Scripting experience, specifically with Ruby/Perl and shell scripting language to automate existing and workloads and routine system admin tasks
• In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, BIND, LDAP and other common LAMP stack components (Linux OS, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, Apache Web Server, Apache Tomcat, JBOSS, MySQL)
• Experience with Squid Cache

Desirable:

• IBM hardware knowledge
• Disaster Recovery Planning knowledge
• Exposure to the concepts of "cloud"
• Experience with FTP daemons such as ProFTPD
• Virtual environments knowledge including VMWARE, HyperV and KVM

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Description

• Provide assurance through collaboration with other stakeholders that all cloud and digital platforms meet the organisation’s security requirements.
• Provide security recommendations on cloud-based data security, platforms and application development.
• Recommend innovative technologies or other methods that will enhance the security of cloud-based environments.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on cloud security.
• Develop standards, policies and procedures as well as best practices documentation.
• Translate security and technical requirements into business requirements and communicate security risks to different audiences ranging from business leaders to engineers.
• Influence multi-disciplinary teams in implementing and operating cyber security controls.
• Work closely with application developers to deliver creative solutions to complex technology challenges and business requirements.
• Automate security controls, data and processes to provide better metrics and operational support.
• Utilize cloud-based APIs when appropriate to write network/system level tools for securing cloud environments.
• Stay current on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and controls.
• Identify and implement new security technologies and best practices.
• Create technical and managerial level reports and conduct risk assessments for Cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Identify processes/procedures for how to handle cloud security events, including forensic isolation and mitigation with Digital Forensics and Incident Response teams.
• Identify new security threats by conducting continual monitoring, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and log analysis.QualificationsAcademic qualifications in computer science, cybersecurity, or any related field.
• Recognised industry certifications in cloud security- CSA CBK, CCSP, CISSP.

Requirements
Qualifications

• Academic qualifications in computer science, cybersecurity, or any related field.
• Recognised industry certifications in cloud security- CSA CBK, CCSP, CISSP.

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in cyber security.
• At least 3 years of experience and hands-on expertise in cloud security. Practical knowledge of public cloud offerings such as, Azure and GCP.
• Practical knowledge of services related to cloud computing, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies.
• Robust microservices programming (AWS Lambda, Docker, etc.)
• Good understanding and exposure to cloud standards, architecture and models. Experience with PKI, SSL, SSH etc Hands on knowledge of automation and DevSecOps skills.
• Good understanding of software development principles, including design patterns, code structure, programming languages, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and deployment orchestration.
• Experience with open-source software security. Experience with network protocols and deep packet inspection. Knowledge of microservices, Kubernetes, docker etc.

Knowledge and Skills

Required Skills:

• Strong technical skills, including experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, scripting languages, and cloud provider ecosystems like ,GCP and Azure.
• Excellent attention to detail, as they must constantly monitor systems to ensure there are no external threats.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills will be essential when interacting with team members. Strong problem-solving skills in order to swiftly and deal with threats or flaws in cloud environments.
• Skilled in discussing complex security issues in understandable business terms.
• Detailed knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• Ability to recommend solutions based on use cases and business requirements.
• Stay- Abreast with emerging technologies and threats and ability to proactively assess and evaluate the adoption thereof in the organization.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract. our rate for the Cloud Security Engineer is R350 to R450 per hour and Senior Cloud Security Engineer is R485 to R600 per hour.