Senior Security Engineer — AI-Driven Defender

Chosen Online Pty Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,421,784 - 1,703,016; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning budget

Competitive salary + benefits

Opportunity to pioneer AI-driven security

Job summary

Chosen Online Pty Ltd is looking for a Head of Security in Somerset West to lead AI-driven security engineering. This hands-on role involves finding vulnerabilities, securing controls, and engineering solutions within a .NET environment. You'll work closely with teams to foster a proactive security culture, ensuring compliance and implementing operational controls. Ideal candidates have over 5 years in security engineering and 3 years in software engineering, particularly in .NET technologies. A competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering, ethical hacking, or application security.
• 3+ years as a software engineer with expertise in .NET stack.
• Proven ability to use AI tools for security-related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Discover vulnerabilities using AI tools within the .NET codebase.
• Act as an ethical hacker to perform deep code reviews.
• Build software solutions to remediate security issues.

Skills

Security engineering

Ethical hacking

Application security

Prompt engineering

Network security

AI tools usage

.NET stack expertise

Education

5+ years in security engineering

3+ years as a software engineer (C#, ASP.NET Core)

Tools

API gateways

Reverse proxies

Security tooling

Job description

Chosen Online Pty Ltd is looking for a Head of Security in Somerset West to lead AI-driven security engineering. This hands-on role involves finding vulnerabilities, securing controls, and engineering solutions within a .NET environment. You'll work closely with teams to foster a proactive security culture, ensuring compliance and implementing operational controls. Ideal candidates have over 5 years in security engineering and 3 years in software engineering, particularly in .NET technologies. A competitive salary and benefits are offered.