Zero-Trust Network & Security Engineer

Network Finance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a hands-on Network Security Engineer in Gauteng to safeguard enterprise networks and security infrastructure. You will troubleshoot firewalls, VPNs, and segmentation while strengthening controls and improving resilience.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, application, and development teams to embed security into solutions. The role emphasizes practical improvements with measurable business impact, incident response, and continuous security enhancements across

Qualifications

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in IT, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Proven experience in Network Engineering, Infrastructure or Security Engineering roles.
• Hands-on support for enterprise networking and cybersecurity environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and troubleshoot firewall environments including VPNs, routing, segmentation, NAT, and security services.
• Administer switching environments and support network troubleshooting activities.
• Implement and maintain network segmentation and security controls.
• Support privileged access management and administrative access controls.
• Manage and improve endpoint detection and response capabilities.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Assist with container and Kubernetes security initiatives.
• Investigate and remediate infrastructure and security-related incidents.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, and resilience testing.
• Maintain network diagrams, firewall documentation, and security procedures.
• Implement and support Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions.

Skills

FortiGate

FortiOS

TCP/IP Networking

VLANs Routing

VPNs/DNS/DHCP

PAM

EDR/XDR

Vulnerability Mgmt

Zero Trust

Security Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Cybersecurity

Tools

Nutanix AHV

Nutanix Prism Central

Nutanix Flow

Hyper-V

Container Security

RBAC/Image Scanning

Job description

Network Finance is seeking a hands-on Network Security Engineer in Gauteng to safeguard enterprise networks and security infrastructure. You will troubleshoot firewalls, VPNs, and segmentation while strengthening controls and improving resilience.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, application, and development teams to embed security into solutions. The role emphasizes practical improvements with measurable business impact, incident response, and continuous security enhancements across