Specialist – Cyber Security Assurance

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 10/12/2026

Reverside is an established it services provider focusing ondelivering 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.

• 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.
• Conduct automated and manual security testing.
• Perform threat modelling and security risk assessments.
• Review technology projects and ensure security baselines and requirements are met.
• Provide security architecture and secureintegration guidance.
• Identify and 0mitigate security risks from design through implementation.
• Stay updated on emerging threats, attack techniques, and security technologies.
• Support cybersecurity knowledge sharing,training, and mentoring.

• 5+ years’ experience in penetration testing orethical hacking.
• Strong experience in network, web application,cloud, and mobile security.

• Burp Suite
• Nessus
• Network & Web Application Security
• Cloud & Mobile Security
• TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, SSL/TLS
• OWASP and common vulnerabilities including SQLInjection, XSS, and CSRF
• Security Architecture & Security by Design Preferred Certifications