Security DevOps Engineer: Secure SDLC & Cloud Infra

Discovery Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited is seeking a Security DevOps Specialist to design, develop and maintain secure software artefacts and automated security pipelines across the SDLC. The role integrates security into CI/CD workflows and ensures containerised and cloud-native environments remain protected and compliant.

You will collaborate with development teams to implement security testing, manage container security, secrets handling and IaC templates, while supporting incident response and producing security

Qualifications

• IT-related diploma or degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5+ years of senior DevOps experience.
• Experience with container platforms and Kubernetes.
• Proficient in Python/Bash scripting and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with integrated security controls
• Automate security policy enforcement via security-as-code
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security testing into SDLC
• Manage container security including image scanning and Kubernetes policies
• Configure secrets management and secure credential handling
• Develop infrastructure-as-code templates with embedded security controls
• Monitor and respond to security alerts from automated scanners
• Conduct security reviews of code and infrastructure configurations
• Create security documentation and operational procedures
• Support incident response for application and infrastructure security events
• Implement cloud security controls across AWS, Azure or GCP
• Provide security training to development teams on secure coding
• Maintain compliance with security frameworks and audit requirements

Skills

Python/Bash scripting

DevOps experience

Education

IT-related Diploma or Degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Container platforms

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Image scanning

Job description

Discovery Limited is seeking a Security DevOps Specialist to design, develop and maintain secure software artefacts and automated security pipelines across the SDLC. The role integrates security into CI/CD workflows and ensures containerised and cloud-native environments remain protected and compliant.

You will collaborate with development teams to implement security testing, manage container security, secrets handling and IaC templates, while supporting incident response and producing security