SecOps Blue Team Specialist

Redherd is partnering with a large well-established retail group to help expand their internal cyber security operations team. Were looking for a technically skilled Blue Teamer with strong incident response and SOC transformation experience whos excited about defending against evolving cyber threats and maturing detection and response capabilities.

About Redherd

Redherd is a specialist cyber security recruitment firm working across offensive defensive and cloud security domains. We help security teams scale globally placing exceptional talent into impactful roles from start-ups to security consultancies to Fortune 500s. If youre looking for a role where your skills actually matter well help you find it.

About the Company

Our client is a respected multi-channel retailer headquartered in Cape Town known for its customer-first ethos and digital transformation journey. The security function is growing with dedicated investments in both red and blue capabilities. This is a high-impact role within a collaborative and ambitious cyber team working to build and enhance a mature internal security operation.

Role Overview : Cyber Security Specialist Blue Team

This is a hands-on technical role focused on blue teaming incident response and transforming SOC capabilities. Youll work across the Cyber team GRC and broader IT to improve detection defence and reporting while maturing toolsets and processes. Youll also play a key role in automation threat hunting and metric-driven reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Respond to and investigate security incidents including containment and root cause analysis

Maintain and enhance defensive toolsets such as XDR SIEM and EDR

Enable active defence through continual control validation across infrastructure cloud platforms and applications

Investigate and implement new technologies and automation to improve detection and response

Collaborate with red team and threat hunters to improve posture based on discovered TTPs

Support the build-out of threat intelligence capabilities

Conduct proactive threat hunting and feed findings back into blue team processes

Develop and maintain reporting dashboards and key cyber security metrics

Build strong stakeholder relationships to support security operations implementation

Support broader security initiatives and cross-team collaboration

Champion internal security solutions define standards and guide implementation of improvements

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements :

Matric and relevant IT or Cyber Security degree / diploma

Minimum 3 years hands-on cyber security operations experience

Strong experience in incident response and blue teaming

Familiarity with EDR Microsoft security stack SIEM platforms

Broad understanding of IAM data security vulnerability management infrastructure / cloud / platform security

Willingness to assist after hours or be on standby if needed

Advantageous :

Certifications such as SANS Cyber Defence CREST Incident Response

Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK

Ability to script or automate (e.g. Python PowerShell etc.)

Key Skills

Sales Experience,Crane,Customer Service,Communication skills,Heavy Equipment Operation,Microsoft Word,Case Management,OSHA,Team Management,Catheterization,Microsoft Outlook Calendar,EHS

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1