Security Engineer

Recruiter:

Rad Resources

Job Ref:

PTA000424/CVD

Date posted:

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

35000 Monthly

SUMMARY:
We're looking for a hands-on IT Security Engineer to lead our cybersecurity efforts across the business. You'll manage security systems, ensure data integrity, protect sensitive information, and drive company-wide compliance and training. From developing smart detection rules to implementing system fixes, you’ll play a key role in keeping our systems safe, secure, and one step ahead of threats.

POSITION INFO:
AWSMinimum education (essential):
Engineering degree (Computer, Software, Mechanical or Electronic
Minimum education (desirable):

OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional)
PNPT (Practical Network Penetration Tester)
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Practitioner)

Minimum applicable experience (years):
AWS' ecosystem:

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.

The following would be advantageous:

ISO 14971 (risk management) compliance
ISO 27032 (cybersecurity) compliance
SOC2 Type 2 (with HiTrust attestation) or HiTrust experience (or equivalent)

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

Deep understanding of automation, quality engineering, architectural methodologies, principles, and solution design.
Familiarity with operational observability, including log aggregation, application performance monitoring, etc.
Understanding of the following: Linux/Windows server and application administration and configuration, networking, scripting and automation, large scale distributed computing architecture.
Solid knowledge of IT security (firewalls, EDR, IDS/IPS, SOAR, vulnerability scanning forensic and Threat Hunting).
Understanding of AWS ECS & Kubernetes and Containerisation (Docker/Podman/Containerd) with implementation, support, and design.
Knowledge in security classification frameworks like MITRE or the cyber-attack kill chain.

Good knowledge and understanding of industry standards, memberships, and frameworks such as CIS and SOC 2

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