Cloud Security Architect – Multi-Cloud & Zero Trust

Discovery Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited in Johannesburg seeks a seasoned Cloud Security Architect to define and govern secure cloud architectures with Google Cloud Platform as the primary platform, while maintaining oversight across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.

You will lead secure onboarding of new cloud environments, embed security by design, and provide advisory support to teams on risk assessment and secure implementation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in IT and/or Information Security.
• 5+ years’ experience in cloud security architecture or engineering.
• 2 years Layer 7 enterprise firewall experience.
• Proven experience designing and governing enterprises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
• Experience operating in a consultative or advisory role within complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise cloud security baselines aligned to ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CIS Benchmarks.
• Guide Zero Trust architectures and security monitoring patterns.
• Provide architectural oversight for DevSecOps and secure software supply chains, including: Secure CI/CD patterns, Automated security scanning and policy enforcement, Container, workload, and artefact hardening, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) architecture and practices.
• Apply cloud-agnostic security principles across GCP (primary), AWS, and Azure.
• Consult and guide security architectures for existing cloud environments, new cloud onboarding initiatives, and new services to be deployed.

Job description

Discovery Limited in Johannesburg seeks a seasoned Cloud Security Architect to define and govern secure cloud architectures with Google Cloud Platform as the primary platform, while maintaining oversight across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.

You will lead secure onboarding of new cloud environments, embed security by design, and provide advisory support to teams on risk assessment and secure implementation.