Security Engineer

Recruiter:

The Hiring House

Job Ref:

JHB000684/SM

Date posted:

Monday, August 11, 2025

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a Security Engineer. This person will be responsible for company-wide cybersecurity and related documents, process and record management to ensure that systems and products are safe and effective. We have a permanent role in Pretoria.

POSITION INFO:
Key Performance Areas
- Cybersecurity Management
- Infrastructure Management
- Risk Management and Compliance
- QMS and Documentation

Minimum 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.

Please call us on 0100300127

NB: Should you not hear from us within 6 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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