Remote Lead Security Architect - Strategy & Cloud Security

Placements24; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1.800.000 - 2.400.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Executive-level compensation including

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and flexible"

Budget for professional development, 2

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Security Architect to define and drive our cybersecurity strategy across cloud and on-prem environments. This fully remote leadership role demands a strategic, technically deep professional who can translate complex security requirements into actionable architectures.

You will mentor engineers, steer security initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build resilient, scalable defenses while shaping our security roadmap and governance in a

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 10+ years in information security, with at least 5 years in security architecture.
• Proven experience designing security architectures for large-scale, cloud and on-prem environments.
• Expertise across network, application, data security, IAM, cryptography, and threat modeling.
• Familiar with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2 and security tooling (SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS).

Aufgaben

• Develop and maintain the overall security architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design secure enterprise systems, cloud environments, and on-prem solutions.
• Lead evaluation and selection of security technologies and platforms.
• Define security standards, guidelines, and best practices across the org.
• Conduct security architecture reviews for new projects and systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to embed security into SDLC (DevSecOps).
• Provide expert consultation on complex security challenges and emerging threats.
• Develop and manage security architecture documentation including diagrams and policies.
• Mentor junior security engineers and architects.
• Stay current with industry trends and evolving security technologies.

Kenntnisse

Security architecture

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Security governance

DevSecOps

Ausbildung

Master's degree

CISSP-ISSAP

SABSA

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

WAF

Endpoint security

Vulnerability mgmt tools

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Security Architect to define and drive our cybersecurity strategy across cloud and on-prem environments. This fully remote leadership role demands a strategic, technically deep professional who can translate complex security requirements into actionable architectures.

You will mentor engineers, steer security initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build resilient, scalable defenses while shaping our security roadmap and governance in a