Application Security Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks an Experienced Application Security Engineer to collaborate with the engineering team on security architectures, patterns, and controls across software systems. Strong communication is essential to liaise with internal departments and external partners.

You will read technical documents and convey complex information clearly to non-technical staff, ensuring alignment with industry standards through the lifecycle of development projects.

Qualifications

• Professional Security certification preferred.
• Experience with perfmon and performance monitor; OS CLI utilities.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or system administration.
• Familiarity with a variety of security products and protocols is necessary.
• NSE / Fortinet experience are none negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Investigates and determines the effectiveness of computer security controls.
• Develops and implements security solutions to support information assurance.
• Oversees the implementation of information security management systems for software development projects.
• Interfaces with other teams that affect the creation and implementation of security controls.

Skills

Security certification

Security products

NSE Fortinet

5+ years experience

Tools

Perfmon

Performance monitor

CLI utilities

Job description

About the job Application Security Engineer

Job purpose:

As a Security Engineer, you'll work with the engineering team to develop and implement security solutions for software systems. You will also be responsible for designing security architectures and patterns that are compliant with industry standards. You must have excellent communication skills in order to liaise effectively with other departments within the company, as well as external partners. You should also be able to read technical documents and communicate complex information clearly to non-technical staff members.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Investigates and determines the effectiveness of computer security controls
• Develops and implements security solutions to support information assurance.
• Oversees the implementation of information security management systems for software development projects.
• Interfaces with other teams that affect the creation and implementation of security controls.

Qualifications and experience:

• Professional Security certification preferred.
• Experience with system performance analysis tools such as perfmon, performance monitor and operating system command line utilities.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or system administration.
• Familiarity with a variety of security products and protocols is necessary.
• NSE / Fortinet experience are none negotiable.