Senior AWS Security & SecOps Engineer

Dariel; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Certification support

Enterprise-scale projects

Professional development

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Dariel seeks a Senior SecOps Engineer to lead design, implementation, and management of advanced cloud security across enterprise AWS environments. You will provide expert guidance on security best practices, incident response, vulnerability management, and security architecture while supporting customers and internal teams.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to product development, and drive continuous improvement across security operations and cloud security practices at Dariel.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud security or SecOps roles.
• Deep AWS security expertise across IAM, GuardDuty, CloudTrail.
• Experience with incident response and vulnerability management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and management of AWS security solutions for enterprise clients.
• Provide guidance on AWS security best practices and compliance.
• Mentor junior SecOps engineers and support product development initiatives.
• Perform advanced incident response and threat hunting.
• Configure and maintain security tools across cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud security

SecOps

Incident response

Mentoring

Security architecture

Terraform

Python scripting

Security frameworks

Education

BSc in CS/Engineering

AWS Security Specialty

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Tools

Terraform

Tenable/Nessus

IAM/GuardDuty/Config

Job description

Dariel seeks a Senior SecOps Engineer to lead design, implementation, and management of advanced cloud security across enterprise AWS environments. You will provide expert guidance on security best practices, incident response, vulnerability management, and security architecture while supporting customers and internal teams.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to product development, and drive continuous improvement across security operations and cloud security practices at Dariel.