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Du Preez Theron

Du Preez Theron

Cyber Security Engineer
Johannesburg

Summary

Any problem can be solved with enough hard work and ingenuity. With this belief at the core of my professional journey, I have consistently applied creative problem-solving and a strong work ethic to overcome challenges and drive results.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Cyber Security Engineer

Dotnext
03.2023 - Current

I use and/or deploy a wide variety of cyber security solutions for our customers however I specialize in NDR.

Software Programmer

SA Truck
01.2022 - 01.2022

The last application I wrote for SA Truck bodies was a text extraction program that reads data from unstructured csv files to keep track of components used in production. This data was then written into a set of interlinked tables in a database. Everything needed to be automated from enumerating through directories to uploading to the database.

Software Programmer

SA Truck
12.2021 - 01.2022

My next internship at SA Truck Bodies was as a application programmer. I wrote a file management application that was used to ensure that files were being sent to the correct machines in their production line.

Assistant to sales department

SA Truck
11.2019 - 12.2019

I started working for SA Truck Bodies the day after I wrote my final grade 12 exam as an intern for two sales representatives.

Farmer's Son

Family Farm
04.2009 - 01.2019

Here I learned what working hard really means

Education

Bachelor of Science - IT

North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
04.2001 -

Skills

Proactive threat hunting

Incident investigation

Incident remediation

Data Analysis

Database management

Technical training

Programming

Enterprise file audit

Certificates and Badges

  • Exabeam - Deploying SLM & SIEM
  • Exabeam - Security Analyst
  • Darktrace - Threat Visualizer Essentials
  • Darktrace - Cyber Engineer
  • Darktrace - Cyber Analyst
  • Darktrace - Email
  • Linkshadow - Certified Administrator
  • Visualize data in Power BI
  • Collaborate with others with Markdown and GitHub Pages
  • Create a web API with ASP. NET Core controllers
  • Build web apps with ASP. NET Core for beginners
  • Introduction to RPA and Automation
  • Azure Fundamentals

Timeline

Cyber Security Engineer

Dotnext
03.2023 - Current

Software Programmer

SA Truck
01.2022 - 01.2022

Software Programmer

SA Truck
12.2021 - 01.2022

Assistant to sales department

SA Truck
11.2019 - 12.2019

Farmer's Son

Family Farm
04.2009 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Science - IT

North West University
04.2001 -
Du Preez TheronCyber Security Engineer