Security Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NWA004250/SC

Date posted:

Monday, January 5, 2026

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

450000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Be the reason our systems stay safe, compliant, and unbreakable.

POSITION INFO:
Duties:

Cybersecurity Management:
- Establish and maintain cybersecurity standards, controls and compliance frameworks (SOC2, HiTrust, and PCI DSS).
- Monitor security operations, controls and regulatory alignment across the business.
- Perform security design reviews, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing and remediation.
- Own security tooling lifecycle (selection, implementation, and maintenance).
- Lead audit readiness and external engagements for cybersecurity certifications.
Infrastructure & Security Operations:
- Securely plan, deploy and maintain IT and cloud infrastructure with a cybersecurity focus.
- Implement and mature processes for threat detection, prevention and incident response.
- Define and enforce infrastructure and software security standards with Dev, IT and DevOps.
- Lead disaster recovery and crisis communication processes.
- Manage vendors and collaborate across teams to maintain secure environments.
Risk, Compliance & Governance:
- Identify, assess and mitigate cybersecurity and privacy risks across products and services.
- Improve automation of security controls and secure SDLC processes.
- Drive the remediation of audit and risk findings, ensuring non-recurrence.
- Manage internal/external security audits and maintain risk documentation.
Documentation & QMS:
- Own the cybersecurity roadmap, evidence packs, audit calendar and reporting.
- Maintain centralised documentation of security assets, controls and test outcomes.
- Approve and store penetration test and vulnerability scan outcomes with remediation tracking.
- Ensure that documentation meets certification and customer-audit requirements.

Job Experience and Skills Required:

AWS Well Architected Framework
Trusted Advisor
GuardDuty / SCP / SSM / IAM / WAF
Container services such as ECS / EKS
Incident detection and response management
Performing penetration tests and vulnerability scans against networks and infrastructure, applications and AWS environments
Drafting and implementing security policies, security procedures, security design and implementation

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Software Developer
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Test Analysts
Infrastructure

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