Remote Information Security Architect - Flexible Hours

Placements24; George; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and annual bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and flexible工作

Professional development resources and

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Information Security Architect to join a globally distributed team. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining secure IT infrastructure while shaping the security posture of the organization in a remote-first culture.

You will define security strategies, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure implementation of cutting-edge security solutions across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Information Security, CS, or related field.
• 7+ years of information security architecture, design and implementation.
• Experience with TOGAF or SABSA and compliance regimes (GDPR, HIPAA).
• Cloud security expertise across AWS, Azure and GCP; IAM, encryption, DLP.

Responsibilities

• Design and document secure architectures for on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate new security technologies to strengthen defenses.
• Develop security standards, policies and best practices enterprise-wide.
• Lead threat modeling and secure coding guidance across teams.
• Collaborate with engineering to embed security in SDLC and CI/CD.
• Oversee security controls implementation and maintenance.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

IAM

Encryption

DLP

TOGAF

SABSA

HIPAA

GDPR

Leadership

Threat modeling

Education

Master's degree or equivalent in Information Security/related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

IAM tools

DLP tools

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Information Security Architect to join a globally distributed team. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining secure IT infrastructure while shaping the security posture of the organization in a remote-first culture.

You will define security strategies, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure implementation of cutting-edge security solutions across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.