Senior Software Security Engineer
Location
cape town, western cape
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Architecture & Engineering
Posted
June 01, 2026
About the job Senior Software Security Engineer
Duties and responsibilities
- Architecting and implementing technical solutions to support defensive security
- Mentoring and coaching security within the organisation
- Deploying, operating, and monitoring SIEM, IPS/IDS, UEBA, etc.
- Responding to Security Incidents
- Expanding security auditing and monitoring capabilities
- Developing custom applications to monitor red flag situations
- Working with SRE to secure the platform, hardening servers, networks, Kubernetes
- Working with Application teams to secure code, consulting on implementations
- Hardening servers, and building security into the platform
- Developing automation so we can focus on the hard problems
- Developing glue code to extend or integrate systems
Qualifications and experience
- A formal qualification/degree in Computer Science or...