Azure DevSecOps Architect: Secure Cloud & API Modernization

ATS Client; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,100,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client is seeking a highly skilled DevSecOps / Azure Architect to lead secure cloud-native design on Microsoft Azure, driving secure DevOps practices, automation, and API platform modernization.

The role focuses on architecting secure, resilient Azure solutions, overseeing migrations, and integrating governance and security into CI/CD, monitoring, and compliance across enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise designing secure Azure architectures.
• Hands-on experience implementing DevSecOps across CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of API management and cloud security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable Azure architectures with high availability.
• Lead migration of on-prem/legacy platforms to Azure.
• Architect solutions using Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus.
• Define landing zones, governance models, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Implement secure release management and environment promotion strategies.
• Integrate security controls into build and deployment workflows.
• Automate infrastructure with Bicep/ARM/Terraform; embed security scanning.

Skills

Azure Architecture

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Security by design

Azure APIM

Azure AD Entra ID

AKS

Cloud security

Monitoring

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

SAST/DAST tools

Key Vault

Job description

ATS Client is seeking a highly skilled DevSecOps / Azure Architect to lead secure cloud-native design on Microsoft Azure, driving secure DevOps practices, automation, and API platform modernization.

The role focuses on architecting secure, resilient Azure solutions, overseeing migrations, and integrating governance and security into CI/CD, monitoring, and compliance across enterprise environments.