SOC Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Cape Town, South Africa; hybrid with a minimum of two days per week in the office

Work includes a 24/7 shift rotation with evening, night, and weekend shifts.

Company

hirify.global is a global intelligence and cybersecurity consultancy providing managed services, advisory, and incident response.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyse security alerts from EDR, SIEM, and other security tools.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents, including containment, mitigation, and remediation.
• Conduct threat hunting for indicators of compromise and advanced threats.
• Tune detection rules, automate workflows, and improve incident detection accuracy.
• Perform detailed log analysis and collaborate with threat intelligence specialists.
• Document incidents, investigations, responses, and resolutions while participating in 24/7 shift rotations.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience working in a Security Operations Centre with hands-on alert and incident response experience.
• Experience with XDR, SIEM, and EDR platforms such as SentinelOne Singularity, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, or CrowdStrike.
• Knowledge of alert triage, event correlation, threat investigation, incident escalation, common cyber threats, attack techniques, and security frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Windows, Linux, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 security monitoring.
• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information security, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Permission to work in South Africa by the start of employment and availability for shift and on-call rotations.

Nice to have

• Experience with SOAR platforms, Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud security monitoring, or MSSP/MDR environments.
• Experience developing detection rules, SIEM use cases, and security playbooks.
• Knowledge of threat intelligence feeds and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
• Certifications such as CompTIA CySA+, SC-100/SC-200, GCIH, Certified SOC Analyst, or Blue Team/SOC Level 1 or 2.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working and flexible working hours.
• 23 days of annual holiday, increasing to 28 days, plus bank holidays.
• Private pension with up to 7% company-matched contributions and life insurance of four times annual salary.
• Medical aid, gap cover, employee assistance support, flu vaccinations, and eye-care reimbursement.
• Parental support, fertility treatment leave, recognition programmes, and access to Headspace.

Hiring process

• Submit an up-to-date CV through the application link.