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Listing live now. Role: Cybersecurity Analyst. Location: Welkom, Free State. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
The Role
This Cybersecurity Analyst role sits within the it jobs function in Welkom. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Free State.
The successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Welkom team on trust, and the Cybersecurity Analyst role will feel that from week one.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Welkom teams, and the new Cybersecurity Analyst will feel that from the first week.
Why This Role
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Welkom contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the it jobs space in Free State.
Beyond that, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Welkom keep progressing.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Free State.
Equal Opportunity
On top of that, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Welkom.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Your Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the it jobs side of the business inside out. The Welkom group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Beyond that, the team mix in Welkom reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
Who We’re Looking For
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
- Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.