# Cybersecurity Engineer

Are you a sharp, detail driven cybersecurity professional who thrives on staying ahead of threats before they land? Join our Information Technology team as a Cybersecurity Engineer in Plattekloof, where you'll take hands on ownership of Herotel's day to day security operations, from monitoring and incident response to vulnerability management and infrastructure hardening. This role is perfect for someone who is calm under pressure, curious by nature, and wants to build a career at the sharp end of a fast growing internet service provider's security programme. What you'll do: Monitor systems and networks for suspicious activity and security threats Investigate and respond to security incidents and alerts in real time, performing root cause analysis and documenting findings Manage and maintain the endpoint protection platform and security tooling (SIEM, SOC systems) Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive incident response plans Manage real time information security incidents to minimise operational business impact and maximise service availability Conduct regular vulnerability scans and assessments across infrastructure and applications Perform auditable, proactive applicatio

- **Id**: 1142535
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/herotel-cybersecurity-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Plattekloof, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-23T12:45:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T02:44:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 45
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4035
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Information Security, Broadband, Fixed Wireless

## Company

- **Id**: 177332
- **Name**: Herotel
- **Domain**: herotel.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/herotel>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 19000
- **Max usd**: 46000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 854

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **DHCP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **MITRE ATT&CK** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 45

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-23T12:55:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 17
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.5
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 44
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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