Hybrid Principal Security & DevOps Engineer

Integrity360; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrity360 in Johannesburg is seeking a Principal Security & DevOps Engineer to lead detection engineering, threat hunting, and fraud monitoring platform development. You will own complex security problems from concept to implementation, with autonomy and technical leadership.

The role emphasizes building and improving technology, analytics, and automation to strengthen the SOC, including SOAR playbooks and security research.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in cybersecurity or software development.
• Experience developing software, automation or security tooling.
• Strong Python development capability.
• Strong understanding of security monitoring and detection engineering.
• Experience working with SIEM, security analytics and large-scale security telemetry.
• Ability to translate security research into practical detections, automation or engineering solutions.
• Excellent technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain security detections across the technology stack.
• Lead the development of the fraud and abuse monitoring platform.
• Design analytics, detection logic, and integrations to identify abuse patterns within business applications.
• Design and develop automation to improve SOC efficiency (SOAR).
• Conduct independent security research into emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and establish standards for engineering activities.

Skills

Python development

Security monitoring

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

SOAR automation

Networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Integrity360 in Johannesburg is seeking a Principal Security & DevOps Engineer to lead detection engineering, threat hunting, and fraud monitoring platform development. You will own complex security problems from concept to implementation, with autonomy and technical leadership.

The role emphasizes building and improving technology, analytics, and automation to strengthen the SOC, including SOAR playbooks and security research.