Remote Cloud Security Engineer: Automate & Defend

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote work stipend

Professional development

Certification support

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain robust security controls for cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will automate tasks, enforce security policies, and work with DevOps to embed secure practices throughout the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has strong cloud security experience, proficiency in scripting, IaC, and container security, with excellent collaboration skills suited to a global remote team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in cloud security engineering for AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security tools and services (IAM, KMS, Security Groups, WAF, CloudTrail).
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security solutions for cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Develop and enforce security policies and best practices for cloud services.
• Automate security tasks via scripting and CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform security reviews and vulnerability mitigation in cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud platforms

Scripting

IaC

Kubernetes

IAM

CI/CD

Threat monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

WAF

CloudTrail

KMS

Security Groups

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain robust security controls for cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will automate tasks, enforce security policies, and work with DevOps to embed secure practices throughout the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has strong cloud security experience, proficiency in scripting, IaC, and container security, with excellent collaboration skills suited to a global remote team.