Ayanda Percival Jwara
Alberton
Summary
I started to work at standard bank as junior IT security in 2010, doing McAfee ePO in CIB. Join Peformanta in 2011 and continue with supporting the McAfee environment with multiple products at some of the major banks covering a user base of more than 30 000 and 50 000 users respectively. Also supported 4 countries outside of South Africa for one of the clients. Supported the McAfee Vulnerability Manager & Endpoint Encryption environment at one of the major banks, covering a user base of more than 30 000 users. Currently work as a SOC Analyst at Performanta SOC for more than 6 years, Supporting major Performanta’s client with multiple technologies, Incident Response.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2007
2007
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
SOC Analyst
Performanta
01.2017 - 07.2025
- Supporting major Performanta’s clients on the following systems.
- Duties: Incident Response, Monitoring, Threat hunt, Incident investigation and forensics.
- ArcSight
- McAfee SIEM
- Qradar
- Demisto
- Cybereason
- Darktrace
- Mimecast
- Microsoft Azure Sentinel
- Microsoft 365 Defender
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Microsoft Defender for Active Directory
- Cortex XSOAR
- Microsoft Advanced Threats Analytics
- Mitigate
- Redware
- RiskIQ
Information Security Analyst
Performanta Technologies
06.2011 - 07.2025
- An Information security analyst at Performanta, supports most of the McAfee product offered by Performanta. Has more than 6 Years’ experience.
- Ayanda has experience in:
- McAfee ePO
- McAfee Vulnerability manager
- Endpoint Encryption
- Policy Auditor
- Supported the McAfee ePO environment with multiple products at some of the major banks covering a user base of more than 30 000 and 50 000 users respectively, supported Performanta clients and 4 countries outside of South Africa for one of the clients.
- Daily Duties:
- Commissioning of ePO server
- Monitoring and maintaining ePO server
- Updating Signature files on managed systems
- Creating Reports
- Testing New/upgrade Software
- Deploying and/or upgrading of software
- Deployment/rollout of new product agents
- Upgrade ePO console
- Upgrade McAfee Agent
- Upgrade virus scan
- Supported the McAfee Vulnerability Manager & Endpoint Encryption.
- Duties:
- Creating and running vulnerability & discovery scans
- Creating reports
- Configuration & maintenance of MVM
Education
High School - Mathematic, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, English, IsiZulu
Elwazi High school
Certificate - Computer Technical Support
Rose bank College
Certification
- Torque IT, MCITP Essentials - certifications on Windows 7, MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on Windows 7, MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7, 2011
- Torque IT, A+, 2013
- Microsoft, Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200), 2023
Languages
IsiZulu
English
Custom
- Derek Chung, Manager, 0836877889, Standard bank
- John Hlongoane, Team Leader, 0824046655, Performanta
- Thabang Mothoane, Team Leader, 0787728000, Liberty Employee
Personal Information
- ID Number: 8807315925081
- Health Status: Excellent
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: South African
- Marital status: Single
Timeline
SOC Analyst
Performanta
01.2017 - 07.2025
Information Security Analyst
Performanta Technologies
06.2011 - 07.2025
Certificate - Computer Technical Support
Rose bank College
High School - Mathematic, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, English, IsiZulu
Elwazi High school
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