Cyber Security Specialist - Cape Town, South Africa - EY

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Cape Town, South Africa

3 days ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Job Title - Cyber Security Specialist

Rank Level - Assistant Manager

EY Technology

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you.

And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

If you want to be part of an organization where technology, processes, change management and people all share an equal part you should join our team We are looking for people who are interested in the Microsoft Ecosystem.

The opportunity

EY's cyber security practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the business with significant ambition for the future through additional recruitment and acquisition.

EY is looking for experienced team members who can advise organisations on how to manage their security appropriately.

The role will see you providing specialist advice as part of large multi-discipline EY engagement teams working on the likes of cyber transformation and migration, supporting specific security engagements reviewing a client's cyber maturity, advising on improvement roadmaps, assessing a client's compliance with industry leading practice standards, or optimising cyber defence operations.

We value flexibility and breadth of experiences and you may also provide support to other cyber disciplines such as identity and access management, data protection or 'next generation' security operations.

You will work with colleagues both in South Africa, the Rest of EMEIA and globally to develop new and innovative solutions and specific industry propositions that solve client problems/issues and integrate with their overall IT delivery and support strategy.

In addition to the above, you will have an opportunity to work across all aspects of Cyber, Technology and business solutions.

Your key duties and responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Work across a portfolio of cyber security engagements with our clients, responsible for the day to day delivery of engagement activity contributing to the achievement of quality, time and budget targets
Creating high quality reports as part of a team, for review by engagement and project leaders.
Identifying sales opportunities and working with senior practice leaders and market leaders in the creation of proposals and marketing material
Leading and developing junior team members by sharing knowledge, acting as mentor and coach to them and leading by example
Creating thought leadership and market materials for selling and promoting EY cyber security offerings

Skills and attributes for success:

We are looking for someone who has:

Ambition to develop a career within EY specialising in cyber security
Ability to develop and deliver high quality output against stated project objectives and meet tight deadlines
Ability to work under limited supervision ('selfstarter') in unstructured environments
Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across client and partner organisations
Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise
Be a good communicator with the ability to contribute assuredly to security discussions with peers
Be a team player who is not only looking to enhance their own career but recognises the value of teamwork, facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members
Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement
Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions.
Be confident and effective in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments
Structure and manage projects which meet client expectations and mitigate any risks or issues

To qualify for the role you must have

Professional experience delivering cyber security either in an operational or consulting role
High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions, and ability to work under pressure
Ability to develop impactful written presentations and participate effectively in meetings with senior stakeholders
Ability to work under limited supervision ('selfstarter') in unstructured environments
Experience working with others in the development and delivery of complex solutions and/or proposition development

Ideally, you'll also have

Key delivery experience in the following security disciplines cyber strategy, transformation and compliance
Key sector experience in one or more of the following: Government & Public sector / Energy & Utilities / Retail and Consumer products / Financial Services
Banking & Insurance
Professional services experience working with market leading organisations in the delivery of their cyber solutions

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