Cloud Security Engineer — Build Secure, Scalable Systems

Southern Lights; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in cyber security is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer in South Africa to enhance the safety and security of their systems and customer data. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience, specifically 2 in cloud security or DevOps roles, and will be responsible for proactive security reviews, implementing security tools, and incident responses. A commitment to inclusivity and diversity is at the forefront of the company culture.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience, with at least 2 years in a dedicated cloud security or DevOps/DevSecOps/SRE role.
• Experienced in using AWS GuardDuty, Inspector, Landing Zones.

Responsibilities

• Support the CISO in performing proactive reviews of systems & data.
• Participate in architecture reviews and identify gaps in the security program.
• Implement security tooling and respond to security alerts & incidents.

Skills

Cloud security

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Infrastructure security concepts

Data manipulation languages (Python)

Security standards (ISO27001, NIST)

Security tools integration into CI/CD

Education

CCSP, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty

Job description

A leading organization in cyber security is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer in South Africa to enhance the safety and security of their systems and customer data. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience, specifically 2 in cloud security or DevOps roles, and will be responsible for proactive security reviews, implementing security tools, and incident responses. A commitment to inclusivity and diversity is at the forefront of the company culture.