Senior Security Engineer – Contract / Hybrid – Stellenbosch at Datafin Recruitment

ENVIRONMENT:

• A medical Institution is looking for a Senior Security Engineer who will be responsible to lead advanced security operations, investigations, and incident response activities. You will Act as escalation point for complex incidents and drives root cause analysis and optimisation.

DUTIES:

• Lead complex investigations correlating alerts across EDR, SIEM, Identity, Cloud, and Network platforms.
• Own incident management lifecycle including severity assessment, containment, and remediation coordination.
• Perform deep forensic analysis and root cause investigation.
• Drive SIEM engineering, detection use case development, and tuning.
• Design and implement automation, playbooks, and orchestration workflows.
• Oversee vulnerability management and risk-based remediation prioritisation.
• Lead threat hunting and integrate threat intelligence (IOCs).
• Enforce governance, compliance, and Zero Trust identity controls.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across SecOps domains.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Advanced expertise in Defender suite, Sentinel, Azure security, and SIEM engineering.
• Strong incident management and escalation handling capability.
• Deep technical troubleshooting and forensic investigation skills.
• Leadership and stakeholder engagement in high-pressure scenarios.