Threat Intelligence Engineer

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Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

• →Operational & Technical Assurance
• →Governance, Oversight & Decision Support
• →Stakeholder & Service Provider Engagement
• →Building threat intelligence framework to protect the network
• →SOC Platform and Services Support

• Maintain up‑to‑date expertise in SOC technologies, cloud security, threat detection engineering, and incident response practices.
• Pursue continuous professional development through relevant certifications, industry forums, and threat intelligence awareness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Old Mutual’s internal technical security knowledge base and practices.

Independent authority:

Conduct technical assessments, technical verification, and technical approvals within agreed security and architecture frameworks.Identify and formally raise technical risks, gaps, and control weaknesses with supported evidence and recommendations.

Decisions requiring driving, consultation or escalation:

Material architectural changes, tooling replacements, or significant risk acceptances must be escalated to senior security and technology leadership for approval.

Impact & scope:

Influences SOC effectiveness, maturity, detection quality, and overall security resilience.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Cyber Security, with at least 3 years focused on Threat Intelligence, Security Operations Centre (SOC), Threat Detection Engineering, or Incident Response.
• Proven experience working with enterprise security technologies including SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence platforms, and security monitoring tools.
• Experience developing and operationalising threat intelligence capabilities, including threat hunting, adversary tracking, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and threat-led detection use cases.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or overseeing managed security service providers (MSSPs) or outsourced SOC providers.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native security monitoring and incident investigation.
• Understanding of cyber security frameworks and standards such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.
• Experience performing technical security assessments, validating security controls, identifying security risks, and providing remediation recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate technical security risks and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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