Application & Cyber Security Administrator

About the role

The Application & Cyber Security Administrator is responsible for securing, configuring, and maintaining the integrity of enterprise applications, systems and underlying infrastructure. This hands‑on position works closely with IT operations, application owners and engineering teams to implement security controls, remediate vulnerabilities and respond to cyber incidents.

Key responsibilities

• Configure, patch and administer enterprise applications to ensure continuous availability, baseline hardening and proper identity and access management.
• Conduct regular vulnerability assessments, prioritize findings and coordinate remediation of application‑ and system‑level weaknesses.
• Monitor security alerts, analyse application logs and participate in incident triage, containment and root‑cause analysis.
• Translate organisational security policies into technical configurations across applications, APIs and cloud services.
• Partner with change‑management and development teams to review system modifications, evaluate architectural risk and maintain technical documentation.

Required profile

• First degree in Information Technology or a related field; ZAQA Certified Grade 12 with a minimum of 5 credits.
• 1‑2 years of experience in application security administration, vulnerability management or related cybersecurity operations.

Required skills

• Application Security Management
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Vulnerability assessment and remediation
• SAST, DAST and penetration testing
• Secure coding principles
• Threat monitoring and detection
• Incident response and investigation
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Malware analysis and prevention
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Privileged access management
• Multi‑factor authentication (MFA)
• Role‑based access control (RBAC)