Attack Surface Consultant

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

KB0215

Date posted:

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Location:

Midrand, South Africa

Salary:

Market related


SUMMARY:
Assist clients with discovering vulnerabilities and rogue assets (such as shadow IT) in their networ

POSITION INFO:

Qualifications and Experience

Required:

  • Bachelor''s degree or higher in Attack Surface Management, Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Math, or any other related area
  • 3-7 years of experience working in information technology vulnerability management, information security, incident response, red team operations, application security, reverse engineering, or other technical cyber security roles
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certification in Certified Intrusion Analyst (GIAC), Continuous Monitoring (GMON), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or equivalent
  • Understanding of possible attack activities such as network probing/ scanning, DDOS, malicious code activity, etc
  • Understanding of common network infrastructure devices such as routers and switches
  • Understanding of basic networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP
  • Understanding of vulnerability classification using National Vulnerability Database nomenclature such as CVE/CVSS
  • Basic knowledge in system security architecture and security solutions

Preferred:

  • Proven ability to translate complex information sets into specific recommendations that can be actioned by customers to enhance their security posture
  • Familiarity with cyber threats, defenses, motivations and techniques
  • Experience with vulnerability analysis tools such as Qualys or Tenable, and the asset provisioning/deprovisioning lifecycle
  • Patch management skills and technology application such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • Experience distilling raw information into actionable intelligence
  • Outstanding English written and oral communication skills and the ability to prioritize work
  • Strong understanding of threat analysis and enterprise level, mitigation strategies
  • Working knowledge of how malicious code operates and how technical vulnerabilities are exploited
  • Strong knowledge of operating systems and networking technologies in general
  • Strong knowledge of databases, query design, and how to analyse data thus obtained
  • Knowledge of supporting toolsets such as Confluence, Jira, and Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) such as ServiceNow
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated to improve knowledge and skills
  • A strong desire to understand the what as well as the why and the how of security incidents

 

 

 

 

 



 

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