Bryanston, South Africa (Hybrid)
📍 Bryanston | 🛡️ Tangent Solutions | 💻 Information Technology
Are you a cybersecurity professional who can move beyond simply monitoring alerts?
Someone who can investigate a threat, understand the bigger picture, find the weakness, fix it and strengthen the environment for what comes next?
If you enjoy solving complex security problems, getting hands on with technology and having a genuine impact on an organisation's security posture, Tangent Solutions wants to hear from you.
We are looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our technology team and play a key role in protecting critical information, systems and digital services within the telecommunications industry.
This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who wants to combine deep technical expertise, security engineering, incident response and strategic thinking.
You will sit at the intersection of technology, risk and security, helping to identify threats, respond to incidents, strengthen controls and build a more resilient digital environment.
You will have exposure across:
🛡️ EDR / XDR
Detect, investigate, contain and respond to endpoint threats.
🔎 SIEM / SOC
Monitor security events, analyse logs, investigate incidents and drive remediation.
🔐 Identity & Access Management
MFA, SSO, privileged access, identity lifecycle and access governance.
📊 Data Security
Microsoft Purview, DLP, information classification, labelling and data protection.
🌐 Web & API Security
WAF, OWASP threats, API authentication, authorisation, rate limiting and gateway controls.
🚨 Incident Response
Lead investigations, containment, remediation, root cause analysis and post incident reviews.
⚠️ Vulnerability Management
Identify, prioritise and drive remediation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
☁️ Cloud & Network Security
Assess and strengthen security controls across cloud, network and internet facing environments.
🔧 DevSecOps & Application Security
Secure SDLC, SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets management, CI/CD security and secure code review.
📦 Container & Cloud Native Security
Container image scanning, Kubernetes security, CSPM and CNAPP.
📧 Email Security
Anti phishing, SPF, DKIM, DMARC and business email compromise investigations.
🔑 Cryptography & PKI
Encryption standards, certificate lifecycle management, key management and TLS.
🧠 Threat Intelligence
Interpret emerging threats and attacker techniques, then translate intelligence into practical defensive action.
You will:
• Lead and support cybersecurity incident response activities
• Investigate security incidents and perform root cause analysis
• Operate and oversee core cybersecurity capabilities across endpoint, SIEM, identity, data, email and web security
• Identify and remediate vulnerabilities within the cybersecurity domain
• Develop, implement and enforce security standards
• Establish and maintain API security standards aligned with the OWASP API Security Top 10
• Develop and enforce secure development standards across the organisation
• Assess technical designs and identify security weaknesses
• Recommend practical security controls based on risk
• Interpret threat intelligence and emerging attack techniques
• Support vulnerability management and penetration testing remediation
• Work closely with technical teams, senior stakeholders and external cybersecurity providers
• Contribute to security governance, risk and compliance activities
• Mentor junior cybersecurity team members and contribute to technical workstreams
We are looking for someone who enjoys getting into the technology.
Experience with technologies such as:
CrowdStrike or similar EDR / XDR platforms
Arctic Wolf or similar SIEM / SOC technologies
Microsoft Entra ID, PIM, Defender for Cloud Apps and Intune
Microsoft Purview and DLP
KnowBe4 or similar security awareness platforms
Cloudflare or similar WAF technologies
Tenable or similar vulnerability management platforms
will be highly advantageous.
Experience with Python, PowerShell, KQL or other scripting technologies will also be advantageous.
✔ 7+ years of progressive cybersecurity or information security experience
✔ Strong hands on technical cybersecurity experience
✔ Security operations, incident response and threat detection experience
✔ Experience operating or overseeing SOC and SIEM capabilities
✔ Enterprise EDR / XDR experience
✔ Identity and access management experience
✔ Microsoft Purview and DLP experience
✔ Web application and API security knowledge
✔ Vulnerability management and penetration testing remediation experience
✔ Experience engaging with technical teams, senior stakeholders and external security providers
🎓 Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in:
Cybersecurity | Information Security | Computer Science | Information Technology | Related discipline
A relevant postgraduate qualification will be advantageous.
One or more recognised cybersecurity certifications will be highly advantageous:
CISSP | CISM | CEH | GIAC
along with relevant:
Microsoft Security | EDR / XDR | Security Operations | Web Security | Application Security
certifications.
Thinks like an attacker, but builds like a defender.
You are analytical, curious and naturally investigative.
You don't stop when you've found the immediate problem. You want to know why it happened and how to prevent it happening again.
You can remain calm during high pressure security incidents.
You can take complex cybersecurity concepts and explain them clearly to people who aren't security specialists.
You have the confidence to challenge technical decisions when security risk demands it.
You influence without relying on hierarchy.
And most importantly, you keep learning.
Because the threat landscape doesn't stand still, and neither should your expertise.
Tangent Solutions is a technology business focused on helping organisations build for a dynamic and digital future, with capabilities spanning cloud, software development, intelligent automation, cybersecurity and software defined networking. Tangent Solutions
That means you won't operate in a technology silo.
You'll work in an environment where cybersecurity intersects with cloud, networking, software, automation and digital transformation.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside technology specialists, engage with complex environments and continuously expand your technical perspective.
This is a place for people who want to build, solve, learn and make an impact.
If you're ready to take your cybersecurity expertise beyond monitoring and into engineering, investigation, architecture, response and transformation, we want to meet you.
Your expertise could be the difference between reacting to the next threat and being ready for it.
Apply now and let's start the conversation.