Senior Specialist – Cyber Security Assurance
Listed on 2026-09-23
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, IT Consultant, Network Security
Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 08/28/2026
Reverside is an established it services provider focusing on delivering high-quality software development, it resourcing, digital transformation, and systems support solutions. We are always looking for skilled professionals to join our growing team and contribute to innovative technology projects across various industries.
We are seeking a Senior Specialist – Cyber Security Assurance to take responsibility for Security & Privacy by Design Assurance, penetration testing, security assessments, threat modelling, and security governance.
The successful candidate will ensure that technology projects and solutions comply with required security standards, policies,frameworks, and controls, while proactively identifying and mitigating security and privacy risks throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Security & Privacy by Design Assurance (SPDA) processes.
- Conduct internal and external penetration testing across infrastructure, networks, web applications, APIs, and systems.
- Perform vulnerability assessments and safelyvalidate security weaknesses.
- Conductautomated and manual security testing.
- Perform threat modelling and security risk assessments.
- Review technology projects and ensure securitybaselines and requirements are met.
- Provide security architecture and secureintegration guidance.
- Identify and mitigate security risks from design through implementation.
- Stay updated on emerging threats, attacktechniques, and security technologies.
- Support Cybersecurity knowledge sharing,training, and mentoring.
Qualifications &
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience in penetration testing orethical hacking.
- Strong experience in network, web application,cloud, and mobile security.
Technical
Skills:
- Burp Suite
- Nessus
- Network & Web Application Security
- Cloud & Mobile Security
- Python
- Bash
- Ruby
- Power Shell
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- HTTP/S
- SSL/TLS
- OWASP and common vulnerabilities including SQLInjection
- XSS
- CSRF
- Security Architecture & Security by Design Preferred Certifications
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