Vacancies at PayFast

About you

You’d love working with us if you’re a fun, sharp and self-motivated person who has a passion for people and can keep tabs on multiple moving parts in your job. Someone who has outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and is passionate about finding the cream of the crop.

You’ll fit in perfectly with our culture if you:

• Get energised by a fast-paced environment
• Enjoy a hybrid working model
• Cherish a good work-life balance
• Are adaptable and don’t mind a bit of chaos now and again
• Regard collaboration as an essential part of getting the job done
• Pride yourself as being a self-starter who doesn’t lack motivation
• Don’t need to be micromanaged
• Take feedback well and use it for self-improvement
• Welcome change and new ideas
• Value the importance of diversity

What you'll be doing

Responsible for all security related tasks and initiatives for DevOps Security, manage security tooling within Devops CI / CD pipelines and manage runtime protection of digital estate of NI. Additionally, you will assist in developing an automated security framework for robust deployment tools and processes, leveraging various scripting languages and open-source solutions.

• Working with Developers, DevOps, and Engineering teams in a dynamic environment to promote/implement the DevSecOps program throughout the organization.
• Integrating and automating security tooling in the CI/ CD Pipeline – SCA / SAST / DAST / Container security
• Ensuring DevOps platforms are in compliance with PCI-DSS and Information Security frameworks/standards (i.e. CIS, NIST, RFC2196, ISO27001 etc).
• Review SAST / DAST testing results and assess risks in micro-services / apps.
• Conducting and coordinating vulnerability assessments through the use of automated and manual tools (Tenable, NMAP, etc).
• Review and analyze vulnerability data to identify security risks to the organization's network, infrastructure, and application's and determine any reported vulnerabilities that are false positives.
• Prepare security vulnerability and risk management metrices / dashboards / reports for management and Security Departments.
• Working with Key Management Systems, Certificate Management, Encryption, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Application Security Testing, Security and Monitoring tools, etc.
• Configuring, implementing and leveraging computer security and networking diagnostic/monitoring tools.
• Leadership and Teaming skills to coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities within established timeframes.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience working in a security role with a focus on cloud computing
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in DevSecOps / Application Security / SAST / DAST in Banking / Finance / Payment Processing Domains.
• Experienced in Docker and Kubernetes technologies with good background in Linux/Unix background
• Knowledge of DevOps Automation: Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack,
• Working knowledge of API Security, Container Security, Cloud Security on public clouds infra.
• Knowledge of PCI-DSS, NIST cybersecurity framework, GDPR Standards and Policies and the associated certification and audit processes
• Auditing and Compliance Certifications such as CISA, PCI-ISA, and PCIP.
• Experience with security automation and machine learning.
• CCSP, Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes Security or other Security Certifications.
• Take ownership, team player and able to communicate with stakeholders.
• Customer focused and should be able to work under extreme pressure(s) and should have an easy-going attitude with ability to multitask
• Self-motivated and ability to manage the client and represent the client internally
• Able to support investigations, audit requirements internally and take ownership of the issue until closure
• Has the initiative to manage the daily tasks without any supervision

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About you

You’d love working with us if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, helping meet the demands of our rapid growth. You will be involved in expanding our digital marketing footprint across Africa. You will be a key collaborator in creating and executing exciting digital campaigns to drive merchant engagement and in building the brand awareness across the board.

You’ll fit in perfectly with our culture if you:

• Get energised by a fast-paced environment
• Enjoy a hybrid working model
• Cherish a good work-life balance
• Are adaptable and don’t mind a bit of chaos now and again
• Regard collaboration as an essential part of getting the job done
• Pride yourself as being a self-starter who doesn’t lack motivation
• Don’t need to be micromanaged
• Take feedback well and use it for self-improvement
• Welcome change and new ideas
• Value the importance of diversity

What you'll be doing

• Produce aesthetically pleasing design assets as needed
• Types of assets may include social media graphics and banners, google display adverts, gifs, and videos, website banners, brochures, print materials and others
• Maintain consistency between brand assets and keep content on brand
• Strong ability to conceptualise forward-thinking, original, and creative design assets
• Ensure design work is high quality and effective, keep the user experience top of mind
• Complete projects within defined scope and priority and in set timelines
• Work with team members to ensure aesthetics also are aligned with usability, accessibility, and web standards. Work with developers to ensure proper implementation within a web environment and ensure consistency and integrity of the creative vision
• Provide mentorship to junior team members
• Effectively communicate timelines and deliverables to stakeholders and provide instructions for use or promotion
• Keep up-to-date with new technological trends and products

What you'll need

• Minimum 4+ years relevant design experience
• Advanced understanding of design principles and best practices
• Mastered Adobe Creative Suite, preferably Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
• Experience and interest in at least 2 Design sub-specialties such as web design, animation, video creation, HTML5 ads or others
• Additional nice to haves include Dreamweaver, Adobe After Effects or an equivalent, Figma and Video Creation Software

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About you

You’d love working with us if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, helping meet the demands of our rapid growth. You will be involved in expanding our digital marketing footprint across Africa. You will be a key collaborator in creating and executing exciting digital campaigns to drive merchant engagement and in building the brand awareness across the board.

You’ll fit in perfectly with our culture if you:

• Get energised by a fast-paced environment
• Enjoy a hybrid working model
• Cherish a good work-life balance
• Are adaptable and don’t mind a bit of chaos now and again
• Regard collaboration as an essential part of getting the job done
• Pride yourself as being a self-starter who doesn’t lack motivation
• Don’t need to be micromanaged
• Take feedback well and use it for self-improvement
• Welcome change and new ideas
• Value the importance of diversity

What you'll be doing

Website & Landing Page Content Curation & Management

• Craft enticing, SEO compliant, and effective web copy, website pages, landing pages, and microsites.
• Website copy and visibility is maintained or improved continuously through critical reviews of existing copy and the monitoring of website traffic and page rank. Ensures marketing team has a grasp of the company’s top keywords and ensures the website copy and any meta data are optimised yet appealing to read.
• Write copy for the web and/or editing content from other writers. It also includes collaborating with cross-departmental teams to receive their input on that copy, and it may include reaching out to customers or other focus groups to figure out what entices them to visit our site.
• Excellent copywriting and web experience required
• Development, execution, implementation, and optimisation of digital strategies that result in improved website conversions, community engagement and brand awareness.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

• Own the SEO component for the team and be the expert in tracking, guiding, and optimising our search strategy across multiple countries
• Monitors and works on the improvement of the marketing website’s search engine visibility and rank through search engine marketing and optimization efforts.
• Work closely with Digital Content Team to optimise digital content to help it rank higher in search engine results.

Understand and prioritize web development for web design, UX, and SEO purposes.

• Provide insight into web design principals and trends and consistently look at ways to improve user experience, journey flow, and site speed.
• Lead A/B testing of landing pages for campaigns and optimize page load speeds.

Web management

• Work closely with website developers and DevOps team to develop new and current websites that convert and highlight the brand in a visually appealing, modern, and effective way.
• Ensure all WordPress settings and plugins, as well as integrations such as website/ZoHo integration and website/gravity forms integration are implemented effectively.
• Identifying trends, new opportunities, threats, and environmental influences to ensure the best user experience.
• Keep conversion optimisation, site speed, and mobile-first all ways top of mind. This includes redeveloping existing assets and pages, researching and integrating plugins, and project managing custom development on the website to meet the marketing team's goals.
• Website under your span of control include the DPO Group Website, DPO Card, and other new website projects.
• Ensure up to date maintenance of current websites by keeping plugins and WordPress updated.
• Ensure regular backups and ensure security is front of mind and locked down at all points.

Regular Deployment Planning for websites upgrades

• Work closely with website developers to minimise website downtime and be first on call to monitor if any issues arise and pull in necessary stakeholders to fix.
• Collaborate with the website developers, DevOps & Infra teams to ensure smooth deployment of any website changes.
• Keep an accurate change log at all times, and QA all website changes and deployments display and work correctly.

Research

• Conduct research to find the innovative ways to communicate with our audience and potential merchants.
• Be able to find the right information and be able to interpret it to create an engaging digital landscape for our audience.
• Liaise with Product Teams about the latest products and services to create content that will help the sales and marketing teams position them well to the public.

Reporting

• Regular analysis and report of website traffic, sources, sitespeed etc.
• Market research, competitor analysis and keeping abreast of trends and market changes

What you'll need

• 5 Years' Experience in Digital Marketing
• 3 Years’ Experience in Website Management
• Excellent communication and copywriting skills
• Ability to work independently
• Strong technical skills relating to web development, landing pages, SEO and digital marketing best practices
• High attention to detail

Tools and Resources:

• SEO Tools & Systems (please specify)
• WordPress (experience with Divi / WP Engine preferred)
• HTML
• CSS
• Google Analytics / Data Studio
• Hotjar or other similar software