Cybersecurity Specialist - Sandton, South Africa - Ivanhoe Mines

Ivanhoe Mines

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Sandton, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

IVANHOE MINES is looking for a Cybersecurity Specialist

Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future. Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula.

Play your part in our team succeeding...

Ivanhoe Mines SA (Pty) Ltd is looking for someone who will be responsible to protect the organizational infrastructure, such as computer networks and hardware devices, from unauthorized access and cyberthreats by actively developing protocols used to detect, respond and quell cyberattacks from cybercriminals and hackers seeking to cause damage or steal sensitive information.

You will have the following**:

A 3 Year National Diploma Information Technology discipline beneficial or equivalent with a,
Valid Microsoft Engineer Certificate in server administration or equivalent (MCSE, MCITP, MCSA) a,
Microsoft Azure Foundation Certification with a,
Valid A+ & N+ certificate or equivalent and a,
Valid Driver's License with at least,

10+ years relevant experience in management of the Storage and Server (Physical / Virtual) Infrastructure including (but not limited to) Windows Environment.

3+ years hands on experience with troubleshooting and providing support required in Virtual or Cloud platform (Azure) including backup and recovery of all systems.

Proven experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of server infrastructure.
Proven experience with systems planning, security principles, and general software management best practices.
Writing automation scripts with languages such as PowerShell and Bash/Shell.
Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
Good project management skills.
Programming knowledge advantageous.

Personal Competencies should include:

Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products as required.
Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and userfriendly language.
Highly selfmotivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
Proven analytical and creative problemsolving abilities.
Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment.
Ability to work in a team oriented, collaborative environment.

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

Process:

IT Security solutions design and administration
Monitor computer networks for security issues.
Investigate security breaches and other cybersecurity incidents.
Install security measures and operating software to protect systems and information infrastructure, including firewalls and data encryption programs.
Document security breaches and assess the damage they cause.
Work with the networking and system administrator team to perform tests and uncover network vulnerabilities.
Conducting troubleshooting exercises as to ensure that potential risks are mitigated.
Maintaining and enhancing existing and new toolsets (such as Darktrace) for mature active defense.
Perform penetration testing.
Fix detected vulnerabilities to maintain a highsecurity standard.
Stay current on Information Technology (IT) security trends and news.
Develop companywide best practices for IT security.
Internal Firewall Administration and Monitoring.
Anti-Virus Administration and Monitoring.
Blocking of malicious web domains.
Investigating domains and files in a sandbox environment.
Management and monitoring of backups.
Investigation of high impact incidents for Cyber Security / Malware.
Administration of policies for Anti-Virus, Web Access and internal Firewall.
Conducting POC's of security related software/hardware.
Ability to detect insecure features and malicious activities within our networks and infrastructure.

Strategic Objectives / Key Performance Areas and Key Performance Indicators

The finer details:

When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers licence and qualifications.