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Cybersecurity Senior Associate

Gauteng, South Africa (On-site)

Cybersecurity Senior Associate

1 Month ago • 2-4 Years

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Job Description

As a Cybersecurity Senior Associate at PwC, you'll play a crucial role in helping clients leverage enterprise technologies to mitigate risks, streamline processes, and enhance operational efficiency. You'll work alongside a team of problem solvers, tackling complex business issues from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities will include assessing and analyzing security systems and measures, applying expertise in various cybersecurity domains such as capability maturity assessments, cyber risk management, third-party risk management, cloud security, and more. You'll also contribute to cybersecurity strategy development, cost management, executive engagement, and the integration of cybersecurity into enterprise risk management frameworks. This role requires strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as a strategic mindset. You'll be exposed to diverse projects and clients, fostering continuous learning and professional development.

Must have:

Relevant B degree in Information Systems, Informatics, Information Management, Computer Science, or Engineering
2-4 years of Cyber experience in a consulting nature
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Sound judgment
Innovative and adaptable
Resilient

Good to have:

Security+
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Auditor
CISM

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Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Oracle Risk Assurance practice, within Information Technology Risk Assurance will allow you to develop and apply strategies that help clients leverage enterprise technologies so they can get a higher return on their investment, mitigate risks, streamline processes, and find operational inefficiencies. The work revolves around creative problem solving and applying innovative technologies to enable strategies that increase the value of the applications that run our client’s business, mitigate risk and find operational inefficiencies.

Our focus is on creating effective and efficient design for the most important business, security and compliance processes for our clients. We touch on aspects of application security, areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement, and streamline processes that are part of our client’s core business so they can get a higher return on this key investment. Using innovative, and proprietary technologies, we help to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, compliance functions and Information Technology teams to assist in understanding how to embrace new ways of working, while limiting their financial and operational risk profile. We use knowledge of financial system design, risk mitigation, business process design, data integrity, security and use of data analytics.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role summary:

Perform a senior role on assignments. As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Qualifications / certifications required:

Relevant B degree in Information Systems, Informatics, Information Management, Computer Science, or Engineering.
Security +
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Auditor (advantageous)
CISM (advantageous)

Experience required:

2-4 years of Cyber experience in a consulting nature.

Responsibilities of role:

We are looking for a strategic, detail-oriented individual to join our team as a security consultant. Your responsibilities will include assessing and analysing security systems and measures, based on our go to market services:

Capability Maturity Assessments - NIST, ISO, FFIEC
Capability Maturity Assessments - Cyber resilience
PCI-DSS
Cyber Risk Management
Cyber Value at Risk (CyberVAR) / Risk Quantification
Third Party Risk Management
Cloud Security
IoT / ICS / OT
Cybersecurity Strategy
Cyber Cost / Investment Management
Executive and Board of Director Engagement
Enterprise Risk Management Integration
Sourcing and Vendor Management
Awareness, Culture and Behaviour
Cyber Attestation
Cyber Program Co-sourcing

Skill sets required:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Sound judgment
Innovative and adaptable
Resilient
Copes well under tight deadlines and works well under stress
Is a strategic and big picture thinker
Is curious – learning, sharing and innovating
Is willing to continually learn and develop skills across a multitude of core competencies
Approaches problem solving in a logical and structured manner with due consideration given to alternative solutions which may require the acquisition of new knowledge
Is able to handle complex problems and apply appropriate judgement in evaluating solution inputs

Role related attributes:

Is able to multitask, prioritise and coordinate tasks to meet multiple deadlines and conflicting client and company constraints
Must be a self-starter, motivated individual who works well under pressure
Manage and plan own, and others work
Is able to motivate a team for excellent delivery
Is open-minded, practical and able to solve complex problems
Pays attention to detail
Is committed to quality
Is able to perform quality reviews on others work and provide constructive feedback when required
Must be able to demonstrate and apply industry knowledge
Must be able to work overtime when necessary
Display sound leadership skills
Self-motivated and pay attention to detail
Must have valid driver’s license

Industry experience required:

We're very proud of our unique culture, and expect our people to demonstrate

skills and behaviours that will support us in implementing our business strategy. This is important to the work we do, both for our business and our clients. These skills and behaviours are a strong component of our global leadership framework: The PwC Professional.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

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Job Posting End Date

November 11, 2024

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