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Senior Security Engineer

South Africa💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-07-31

Core

Tier 3 escalation point for active security incidents, operating and improving the gShield security stack across client environments.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (Incident Response & Tool Operations)

Builds

Incident response outcomes, security stack effectiveness, client remediation, internal security posture improvements

Domain

Cybersecurity / Managed Security Services (MSSP)

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

incident response, threat detection, log analysis, containment and eradication, SIEM operations, vulnerability management, Microsoft 365 security, endpoint security, security documentation

Preferred skills

MSP/MSSP environment experience, Intune/AppLocker/ThreatLocker scripting, CIS benchmarks, vulnerability remediation, security certifications (Security+, CySA+, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, GCIH, GCIA)

Technologies

Huntress, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cyrisma, DNSFilter, SIEM, Intune, Defender, ThreatLocker, AppLocker, RMM

Responsibilities

Lead technical analysis during incident response and war room events; Operate daily within the gShield toolstack including alert triage and scan issue resolution; Execute containment and eradication actions such as endpoint isolation and credential resets; Support SIEM operations including query development and rule tuning; Execute technical remediation items identified through MRMMs and vulnerability reviews; Write and maintain security engineering SOPs, runbooks, and detection playbooks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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