Security Engineer – Contract / Hybrid – Stellenbosch
Cloud ArchitectureNetworksSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)
ENVIRONMENT:
A medical Institution is looking for a Security Engineer who will be responsible for day-to-day operation, monitoring, and maintenance of security platforms and ensure coverage, configuration, compliance, and effective alert handling across all security domains.
DUTIES:
- Operate and maintain Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Cloud Apps, O365), Sentinel SIEM, and Nessus.
- Ensure endpoint, server, and sensor coverage and compliance.
- Perform alert monitoring, triage, and classification.
- Support vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking with system owners.
- Support identity governance, RBAC, PIM, and access monitoring.
- Execute incident response actions and containment activities.
- Maintain integrations, logging, and reporting across tools.
- Perform configuration management, patch validation, and platform health checks.
- Support DLP, email protection, network security monitoring, and cloud app governance.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong operational knowledge of Microsoft security stack and vulnerability tools.
- Alert triage and basic investigation capability.
- Understanding of identity and endpoint security principles.
- Ability to work within defined processes and SLAs.