# Security Analyst

Introduction The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) spearheads South Africa’s activities in the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope, commonly known as the SKA, in engineering, science and construction. SARAO is a National Facility managed by the National Research Foundation and incorporates radio astronomy instruments and programmes such as the MeerKAT telescope in the Karoo, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in Gauteng, the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (AVN) programme in nine African countries as well as the associated human capital development and commercialisation endeavours. Position: Security Analyst Business Unit: South Africa Radio Astronomy Observatory Location: Cape Town, Western Cape Position Details Position Summary: SARAO requires a detail-oriented cyber security analyst who will be responsible for protecting IT/OT infrastructure (including networks, hardware and software, Engineering & Industrial Control systems, Building Management Systems) from a range of cyber threats. You will monitor networks and systems, detect security threats ('events'), analyze and assess alarms, and report on threats, intrusion attempts

- **Id**: 3979642
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/national-research-foundation-security-analyst>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T13:01:04Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T13:01:04Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4543
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Information Security, Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 1766339
- **Name**: National Research Foundation
- **Domain**: nrf.ac.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nrf-ac-za>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **LDAP** — Optional: no
- **PKI** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T19:04:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: seen:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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