Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Cyber Risk Analyst (Senior Business Analyst 2) - Cyber Fusion Unit

Closing Date: Tuesday, 25 Feb 2025 at 5.00 p.m.

Job Purpose

To coordinate cyber treat hunting for pro-active detection and prevention of cyber breaches in the banking sector.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Technical and Operational Responsibilities
• Perform targeted Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VA/PT) to identify flaws on banks’ systems.
• Write reports detailing the findings of VAPT exercises explaining the attack vectors of cyberattacks.
• Team leader during VA/PT exercises from inception to completion
• Reviewing results of VA/PT exercises before dispatch.
• Providing recommendations on fixing the issues identified during VA/PT exercises.
• Co-ordinating Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) collection on cyber threat actors.
• Supporting and coordinating with incident response teams in identifying cyber-attack vectors.
• Incidence Response engagements on banks to ensure proper recovery and improve their incident response management.
• Prepare cyber security training/awareness material for the banking sector.

Other Responsibilities
• Conduct threat research.
• Supervises staff.
• Any other duty assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications and Information Engineering & Computer Science and/or any relevant qualification.
• Professional certification(s) in Cybersecurity, Information Security and/or Networking or any other related field.
• Active membership in at least one (1) professional body.

Work Experience

Two (2) years’ experience in a cybersecurity analysis environment.

Competencies

Technical Competencies
• Good understanding of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VA&PT) process.
• Data Analytical Skills
• Knowledge in Open-Source Intelligence applications
• Good communications Skills
• Good report writing and presentation skills.

Behavioral/General Competencies
• Honesty and integrity
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Organization skills
• Confidentiality
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal relations
• Team player
• Attention to detail

Candidates are requested to note that: