Security Engineering Lead — Incident Response & Automation

MTN; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

MTN Group is seeking a Manager - Security Engineering, Incident Management and Automation to bolster its Cyber Defence capabilities. The role focuses on security engineering, incident management, monitoring and automation across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and cloud security.

You will partner with MTN entities and vendors on strategic cyber initiatives. Ideal candidates possess a 4–6 year track record in information security, cloud security, and security automation, with strong scripting skills and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity or a related field.
• One or more relevant industry certifications (as per below)

Responsibilities

• Strengthen MTN's Cyber Defence capabilities through security engineering, incident management, monitoring and automation.
• Drive technical effectiveness and optimization of SOC technologies and capabilities, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, NDR, email and cloud security.
• Collaborate with MTN entities, technology teams, MSS providers and vendors on design and delivery of Cyber Defence projects and new security capabilities.

Skills

Security Monitoring

Incident Response

Security Operations

Security Tool Administration

Python

PowerShell

KQL

REST APIs

Cloud Security

Azure/AWS/GCP

MITRE ATT&CK

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field

One or more relevant industry certifications

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

SOAR

EDR/XDR (Microsoft Defender)

Job description

MTN Group is seeking a Manager - Security Engineering, Incident Management and Automation to bolster its Cyber Defence capabilities. The role focuses on security engineering, incident management, monitoring and automation across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and cloud security.

You will partner with MTN entities and vendors on strategic cyber initiatives. Ideal candidates possess a 4–6 year track record in information security, cloud security, and security automation, with strong scripting skills and a