DevSecOps Engineer: Build Secure, Automate & Defend Cloud

Communicate Finance; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Communicate Finance is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps professional in the Western Cape to embed security into every deployment and workflow. You will own security from code to cloud, combining engineering excellence with threat prevention.

You will automate vulnerability detection, design secure cloud environments, and advocate shift-left practices, partnering with engineers and leadership to make security everyone's responsibility.

Qualifications

• Career in DevSecOps, Security Engineering, or Cloud Security with proactive problem prevention.
• Terraform, AWS, CI/CD and automation experience.
• Knowledge of security frameworks, cloud security, IAM, encryption, and secure-by-design principles.
• Experience with SAST, DAST, vulnerability management, and security tooling.
• Always seeking smarter, faster, more secure ways of working.
• Proactive in solving problems and automating repetitive tasks.

Responsibilities

• Guard and bake security into deployments, pipelines, and platforms.
• Hunt vulnerabilities and automate detection before they become issues.
• Embed security into CI/CD and development workflows.
• Design secure, resilient cloud environments.
• Promote shift-left and help developers fix issues early.
• Build guardrails to move fast without compromising compliance.
• Collaborate with engineers and leaders to make security everyone's job.
• Translate risks into practical, actionable solutions.
• Increase platform visibility with monitoring and observability.
• Explore AI-driven security innovations.
• Lead secure-by-design initiatives across releases.
• Be a security strategist and automation wizard.

Skills

DevSecOps

Security engineering

Cloud security

Automation

Problem solving

Tools

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD

Security tooling

SAST

DAST

Vulnerability management

Encryption

IAM

Job description

Communicate Finance is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps professional in the Western Cape to embed security into every deployment and workflow. You will own security from code to cloud, combining engineering excellence with threat prevention.

You will automate vulnerability detection, design secure cloud environments, and advocate shift-left practices, partnering with engineers and leadership to make security everyone's responsibility.