Senior Security Engineer - Remote 4-Day Incident Response

Gitlab; Remote; ZAR 1 325 000 - 1 657 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in South Africa is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Security Incident Response Team. This role involves managing security incidents, improving operational efficiency through automation, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security capabilities. Ideal candidates will have experience with incident response processes, cloud platforms, and be proficient in Python. The position supports a flexible work environment and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

Benefits for health and well-being

Flexible Paid Time Off

Growth and development budget

Parental leave

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

All-remote, asynchronous work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to lead incident response independently.
• Experience or willingness to learn cloud-based security.
• Proactive in identifying and investigating threats.

Responsibilities

• Lead security incident response in a global rotation.
• Create and maintain incident response documentation.
• Conduct post-incident analysis to strengthen program.
• Design and implement automated security processes.
• Collaborate across teams to develop security capabilities.

Skills

Incident response processes

SIEM / security logging tools

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Python programming

Technical documentation

Forensic analysis

Job description

A leading technology company in South Africa is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Security Incident Response Team. This role involves managing security incidents, improving operational efficiency through automation, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security capabilities. Ideal candidates will have experience with incident response processes, cloud platforms, and be proficient in Python. The position supports a flexible work environment and offers competitive benefits.