Security Engineer – Contract / Hybrid – Stellenbosch

ENVIRONMENT

A medical Institution is looking for a Security Engineer who will be responsible for day-to-day operation, monitoring, and maintenance of security platforms and ensure coverage, configuration, compliance, and effective alert handling across all security domains.

DUTIES

• Operate and maintain Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Cloud Apps, O365), Sentinel SIEM, and Nessus.
• Ensure endpoint, server, and sensor coverage and compliance.
• Perform alert monitoring, triage, and classification.
• Support vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking with system owners.
• Support identity governance, RBAC, PIM, and access monitoring.
• Execute incident response actions and containment activities.
• Maintain integrations, logging, and reporting across tools.
• Perform configuration management, patch validation, and platform health checks.
• Support DLP, email protection, network securi...