# Security Assurance Expert

Introduction The Security Assurance Expert will be responsible for strengthening MTN’s overall security posture through continuous penetration testing, API security assessments, cloud security posture management, DevSecOps implementation, vulnerability management, and compliance assessments. The role will work closely with security, development, and DevOps teams to embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, validate fixes, and ensure alignment with ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and PCI DSS. Duties & Responsibilities Perform continuous penetration testing across production and staging environments. Conduct security assessments of web applications, cloud-native services, APIs, and internal/public-facing applications. Perform dedicated API security testing covering authentication, authorization, injection, rate limiting, data exposure, and OWASP API Security Top 10. Identify, document, and report vulnerabilities with CVSS ratings, business impact, remediation recommendations, and PoC evidence. Conduct retesting and validation of remediated vulnerabilities. Design and implement DevSecOps security practices across development an

- **Id**: 3729367
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/samaha-consulting-security-assurance-expert>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-20T11:01:04Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T07:04:46Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-09T07:04:46Z
- **Days open**: 19
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3258
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Application Security

## Company

- **Id**: 4496133
- **Name**: Samaha Consulting
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/samaha-consulting>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Burp Suite** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CIS Benchmarks** — Optional: no
- **CVSS** — Optional: no
- **Fortify** — Optional: no
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Defender** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Defender for Cloud** — Optional: no
- **NIST CSF** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **OWASP ZAP** — Optional: no
- **PCI DSS** — Optional: no
- **Postman** — Optional: no
- **SonarQube** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 19

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T06:57:20Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T07:04:46Z

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