Updated November 5, 2026
Find security engineer jobs in South Africa from company career pages, all in one list, including roles that never reach LinkedIn or Indeed. Employers also post this role as Cybersecurity Engineer, Application Security Engineer, Penetration Tester and SOC Analyst.
SARB · Pretoria, South Africa · On-site
MTN · Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa · Hybrid
Darktrace Holdings · Johannesburg Office, South Africa
South African Reserve Bank Group · Pretoria, South Africa · On-site
South African Reserve Bank Group · Pretoria, South Africa · On-site
NTT India · Johannesburg, South Africa
Based on the newest listings. Not every posting states pay, level, or skills.
Security engineers protect a company's systems, code, and data. Roles range from application and cloud security to penetration testing and security operations, and postings often mention certifications such as CISSP or OSCP.
JobLookout collects Security Engineer openings in South Africa from company career pages and puts them in one list, including roles that never get posted on LinkedIn or Indeed. Open a role and apply on the company's career page.
Recent listings include roles at NTT India, South African Reserve Bank Group, SARB, MTN, Darktrace Holdings and Accenture do Brasil Ltda Company. The company name is on every listing, so you always know who is hiring.
Recent listings are in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Roodepoort and Johannesburg Office, plus remote roles open to people based in South Africa.
Yes. Recent remote listings include roles at Hirehangar. On-site and hybrid roles are listed too. The work-mode filter narrows the list to remote only.
Skills that come up most in recent listings: Azure, NDR, Python, KQL, AWS, NIST CSF, Networking, Cybersecurity. Each posting lists its own requirements, so read the full description before you apply.
This list groups related titles, including Cybersecurity Engineer, Application Security Engineer, Penetration Tester, SOC Analyst and Information Security Engineer, so you are not searching one keyword at a time.
Recent listings range from senior to director. Experience level is a filter, from intern and new grad through entry, mid, senior, lead, and director, so you only see Security Engineer roles at your level.
Employment type is its own filter: full-time, part-time, contract, and internship. Pick the one you want and the rest drop out of your list.
Yes. This page is Security Engineer openings located in South Africa, including remote roles that still require South Africa.
Yes. Security Engineer jobs are also listed for United States, India, United Kingdom, Singapore, Canada and Germany. You can switch the country at any time.
Worth checking before you apply: the team and the product, not only the word engineer; whether the stack in the posting matches work you have done; on-call, timezone, and office expectations written under the title.
Open a role from your list and follow its apply link to the company's career page. You complete the application there.
This page refreshes every hour, and new openings are added as they appear on company career pages. Sort the full list by date to see the newest first.
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