JUNIOR SECURITY ANALYST – Namib Mills 72 views

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Information Security Analyst with monitoring security alerts, security dashboards, access reports, and user-related security events.
• Assist with the user security awareness training programme, including onboarding awareness sessions, refresher training, campaigns, and awareness communications.
• Track security training completion, phishing simulation results, overdue users, repeat failures, and follow-up actions with users and managers.
• Maintain training records, awareness evidence, user acknowledgements, screenshots, exports, and supporting documentation required for audits or management reporting.
• Monitor vulnerability scan outputs, patch status reports, vendor advisories, and vulnerability notifications under supervision.
• Maintain the vulnerability register by recording affected assets, severity, owner, remediation action, target date, status, and closure evidence.
• Follow up with IT teams on patching, configuration hardening, and remediation progress, and verify closure evidence where applicable.
• Escalate critical/high vulnerabilities, overdue remediation items, suspicious activity, repeated user non-compliance, or potential incidents to the Information Security Analyst.
• Support cyber security incident handling by collecting logs, screenshots, timelines, user details, and other evidence as instructed.
• Assist with access review evidence, basic security control checks, and documentation of findings.
• Help colleagues understand secure practices, including phishing reporting, MFA use, password hygiene, safe data handling, and appropriate use of company systems.
• Assist with approved vulnerability assessments and security checks; do not perform independent penetration testing without explicit authorisation.
• Prepare simple weekly/monthly reports or dashboards on training completion, phishing outcomes, vulnerability status, follow-ups, and recurring issues.
• Research security awareness material, common vulnerabilities, and security improvements, and make recommendations to the Information Security Analyst.
• Stay up-to-date on information security awareness topics, vulnerability trends, and relevant security standards.
• Perform any ad hoc tasks as allocated by Supervisor and/or Manager.

Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF 4).
• IT diploma, certificate, or degree in progress would be advantageous.
• 1-2 years’ relevant experience in IT support, information security support, systems administration, service desk, or security awareness administration.
• Basic understanding of information security principles such as phishing, password hygiene, multi-factor authentication, email security, endpoint protection, and safe handling of company information.
• Basic understanding of vulnerability management concepts including asset registers, vulnerability scan results, severity ratings, patching, remediation follow-up, and evidence collection.
• Familiarity with Windows workstations, Microsoft 365, basic networking, antivirus/EDR tools, patching processes, and IT ticketing/reporting.
• Ability to assist with user awareness campaigns, training records, reminders, phishing simulation follow-up, and basic reporting.
• Entry-level security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft SC-900/AZ-900, Fortinet NSE 1/2, or similar would be an added advantage.
• Namibian citizen or eligible to work in Namibia.
• Valid Driver’s licence.
• Willing to work overtime and/or weekends when required.
• Proficient in English (written & spoken).

How to Apply

Job Code: 193840