Lead DevSecOps Engineer

EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD is seeking a security-focused engineer to own security engineering in a modern cloud-native environment, strengthening platform resilience and advancing security automation. You will collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to drive detection engineering, cloud security, IaC, automated responses, and secure software delivery.

If you enjoy blending security thinking with engineering execution and seeing real impact on a growing platform, you’ll

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in roles such as DevSecOps, Cloud Security, SRE or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud environments, especially AWS.
• Infrastructure as Code and automation experience are a must.

Responsibilities

• Own security engineering within a cloud-native environment and drive platform resilience.
• Advance security automation and shape long-term security strategy.
• Drive detection engineering, cloud security, IaC, automated responses, and secure software delivery.
• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code workflows.
• Mentor engineers and promote a proactive security culture across teams.

Skills

DevSecOps

Cloud Security

AWS Security

Infrastructure as Code

Security Engineering

CI/CD Security

Detection Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering

Platform Security

Application Security

Threat Detection

DevOps

Education

Degree

Tools

SIEM

Vulnerability management tools

Endpoint protection

Job description

Join a product-led technology team where security, automation, and engineering excellence come together to create resilient platforms and meaningful technical impact.

Role Overview

This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of security engineering within a modern cloud-native environment. You'll be responsible for strengthening platform resilience, advancing security automation, and helping shape the long-term security strategy across the business.

Working closely with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams, you'll drive initiatives across detection engineering, cloud security, infrastructure as code, automated response capabilities, and secure software delivery. The environment encourages curiosity, experimentation, and practical problem solving, giving you the freedom to build solutions that improve security, reliability, and developer experience at scale.

If you enjoy combining security thinking with engineering execution, and like seeing the direct impact of your work on a growing platform, you'll feel right at home here.

The Stack

• Building and evolving security capabilities across a cloud-first environment


• Driving detection engineering and improving visibility across systems, applications, and infrastructure


• Developing automated responses to security events and indicators of compromise


• Improving platform resilience through load testing, security simulations, and proactive engineering practices


• Embedding security controls directly into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code workflows


• Implementing policy-as-code and automated security gates to strengthen software delivery


• Working closely with engineering teams to improve security throughout the development lifecycle


• Enhancing monitoring, alerting, threat detection, and incident response capabilities


• Contributing to cloud security architecture and platform design decisions


• Establishing standards that improve operational security and long-term maintainability


• Mentoring engineers and helping develop a proactive security culture across the organisation

You'll Fit In If…

• You hold a relevant qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline


• You've spent 10+ years working in DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related disciplines


• You stay current with developments across security, cloud technologies, automation, and AI


• You have deep hands-on experience securing cloud environments, particularly AWS


• Infrastructure as Code is second nature to you and you've implemented security controls through automation


• You understand networking, cloud infrastructure, containers, application security, and modern deployment practices


• You've worked with SIEM, vulnerability management, endpoint protection, threat detection, or security monitoring platforms


• You enjoy automating repetitive tasks and improving systems through engineering


• You are comfortable operating across security, infrastructure, engineering, and operations teams


• You have experience mentoring others and elevating technical capability within a team


• You enjoy solving complex technical problems and building practical, scalable solutions


• You are comfortable making decisions, navigating ambiguity, and taking ownership of outcomes


• Experience with AWS networking and compute services, containerised environments, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, security tooling, and modern web application stacks would be highly beneficial.

Desired Skills

• DevSecOps


• Cloud Security


• AWS Security


• Infrastructure as Code


• Security Engineering


• CI/CD Security


• Detection Engineering


• Site Reliability Engineering


• Platform Security


• Application Security


• Threat Detection


• DevOps

Desired Work Experience

• More than 10 years

Desired Qualification Level

• Degree