Remote Principal Cloud Security Architect

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Cloud Security Engineer for a fully remote position. You will design, implement, and manage advanced security architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, protecting critical infrastructure for an international client base.

The role emphasizes security policy development, incident response, and mentoring junior engineers in a remote-first environment. A senior security leader who stays ahead of threat trends will thrive here.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity with focus on cloud security
• 5+ years hands-on cloud security engineering
• Experience across AWS, Azure and GCP
• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred
• CISSP/CCSP or cloud-specific certs desirable

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage cloud security architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP
• Develop and enforce cloud security policies and procedures
• Lead security assessments, penetration testing, and incident response
• Mentor junior security engineers and share knowledge
• Collaborate with DevOps to embed security in SDLC

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud architecture

AWS/Azure/GCP

Terraform

CI/CD security

Python Bash

Incident response

IAM & encryption

Security certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

WAFs

SIEM

Endpoint security

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Cloud Security Engineer for a fully remote position. You will design, implement, and manage advanced security architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, protecting critical infrastructure for an international client base.

The role emphasizes security policy development, incident response, and mentoring junior engineers in a remote-first environment. A senior security leader who stays ahead of threat trends will thrive here.