Senior Officer, Cyber Defence Engineer
Full-time
Senior Executive
4 weeks ago
We are looking for a Senior Officer to join our Cyber Defense Engineering team. This role focuses on supporting and maintaining cybersecurity applicat..
We are looking for a Senior Officer to join our Cyber Defense Engineering team. This role focuses on supporting and maintaining cybersecurity applications that protect our organization’s infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a proactive attitude, willingness to learn, and a foundational understanding of cybersecurity basics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform daily health checks on cybersecurity applications, including Splunk, FireEye, Syslog-ng, CAS.
- Assist in troubleshooting technical issues to ensure security applications run smoothly.
- Help with resolving audit findings and support audit-related activities as directed.
- Respond to incidents involving cyber defense applications within the expected timeframes.
- Document technical steps, solutions, and process changes for reference.
- Participate in routine patching and updating of cyber defense applications to keep them secure.
- Work with cybersecurity and IT teams to resolve issues affecting security tools.
- Engage in configuration management to optimize application performance.
- Test and validate changes to settings or policies on firewalls, sensors, and defense tools.
- Assist in performing regular backups and data integrity checks for application data.
- Support vulnerability assessments for cyber defense tools and help fix any issues.
- Coordinate with third-party vendors for application support and troubleshooting.
- Help with log aggregation to ensure accurate data flow within cyber defense applications.
- Create basic dashboards, alerts, and reports in Splunk to improve visibility.
- Manage access control for cyber defense applications in line with security policies.
- Perform routine performance tuning to keep cybersecurity tools efficient.
- Assist in maintaining documentation on application configurations and troubleshooting steps.
- Support disaster recovery exercises for cybersecurity tools to ensure continuity.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule for after-hours support as needed
Job Requirements
Qualifications and Skills:
- Degree in Business Information Technology or any related degree from recognized academic institutions
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a similiar capacity preferred
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity infrastructure; exposure to tools like Splunk, FireEye, SOAR, or NDR is a plus.
- Problem-Solving Ability and and interest in learning how to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
- Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document processes and communicate with team members.
Good to Have Skills:
- Exposure to cybersecurity operations, basic knowledge of infrastructure, and introductory scripting skills (e.g., Python or Shell) are helpful.
Additional Requirements:
- Rotational On-Call Duty: Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to support incident response and infrastructure availability.
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