Senior Cloud Security Engineer - 6-Month Contract

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer for a 6-month contract in Cape Town to join a fast-paced security program. The role focuses on cloud security, IAM, data protection, and infrastructure hardening across AWS and other cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in infrastructure, software development, DevOps, or security, with hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale public cloud security, CI/CD, scripting, and IaC tools such as Terraform,

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Infrastructure, Software Development, DevOps or Security.
• 4+ years designing and implementing highly available public cloud infrastructure.
• 3+ years in AWS with focus on Data, Security & IAM.
• Experience with CI/CD technologies (GitLab, GitHub).
• Experience with authentication technologies and protocols (LDAP, Kerberos, AD, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML).
• Experience with scripting and IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation.

Skills

Communications Skills

Cloud security

Data security

Scripting

DevOps

IAM

AWS

CI/CD

Education

AWS Foundation or Cloud Computing qualification

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

GitLab

GitHub

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer for a 6-month contract in Cape Town to join a fast-paced security program. The role focuses on cloud security, IAM, data protection, and infrastructure hardening across AWS and other cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in infrastructure, software development, DevOps, or security, with hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale public cloud security, CI/CD, scripting, and IaC tools such as Terraform,