Senior Security Analyst – FinTech

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior security analyst to become the technical security authority for South Africa’s leading payments FinTech, owning the security roadmap and hands‑on implementation work. The role is based in Cape Town.

Key responsibilities

• Own and evolve the security roadmap, set technical standards and strengthen security across cloud infrastructure, applications, APIs and endpoints.
• Lead hands‑on penetration testing, adversary simulations and incident response while implementing security tooling and driving vulnerability remediation with engineering teams.
• Embed security into development workflows and translate technical risk into clear decisions for leadership, auditors, banks and merchants.
• Lead the technical workstream for security audits, due‑diligence and compliance reporting.

Required profile

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity with a strong offensive security background.
• Practical experience securing AWS or another major cloud platform and automating security work with scripting.
• Proven ability to prioritize vulnerabilities and collaborate with engineering teams to deliver fixes.
• Experience turning security frameworks such as PCI DSS and ISO 27001 into practical controls and demonstrating them under audit.
• Security certifications and experience in payments, fintech or other regulated environments are a plus.

Required skills

• AWS (or major cloud) security
• Penetration testing and adversary simulation
• Incident response
• Security tooling implementation
• Scripting for automation
• Vulnerability remediation
• PCI DSS compliance
• ISO 27001 compliance