Security Analyst

Confidential

Full-time IT / Computing / Software
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Location
johannesburg, johannesburg, South-Africa
Posted
July 24, 2026

Job Description

You will play a key role in monitoring security events, responding to incidents, improving the organisations security posture, and ensuring compliance across both cloud and on-prem environments. Key Responsibilities: Security Monitoring & Incident Response: Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts using Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR) Respond to incidents, including malware, phishing, identity compromise, and data exfiltration Perform root cause analysis and produce detailed incident reports Develop and tune analytics rules, dashboards, and automation workflows Microsoft Defender Security Operations: Manage and operate Microsoft Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Cloud Apps, and Office 365) Investigate advanced threats using Defender XDR Improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives Collaborate with IT teams to remediate vulnerabilities Cloud & Identity Security (Azure): Secure Azure workloads, identities, and networks Support Zero Trust security principles Implement and mana...