Remote Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

Placements24; George; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Professional development budget

Lead cutting-edge projects

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to steer security engineering from a fully remote capacity. This senior role drives architecture, implementation, and ongoing management of the organization's cybersecurity posture.

You will shape advanced security solutions, protect data and systems, and guide a distributed team toward security excellence in a dynamic environment. This leadership role emphasizes vision, collaboration, and impact.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in CS/Cybersecurity.
• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Deep understanding of network security, cryptography, security operations and application security.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and deployment of complex cybersecurity solutions and infra.
• Architect and implement security controls for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop security automation scripts and tools for ops efficiency and response.
• Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments to identify and mitigate weaknesses.
• Oversee incident response, forensics, and post-incident analysis.
• Mentor junior security engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud security

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

IaC (Terraform, Ansible)

Remote collaboration

Education

Master's degree in CS/C cybersecurity

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to steer security engineering from a fully remote capacity. This senior role drives architecture, implementation, and ongoing management of the organization's cybersecurity posture.

You will shape advanced security solutions, protect data and systems, and guide a distributed team toward security excellence in a dynamic environment. This leadership role emphasizes vision, collaboration, and impact.