Senior Platform Security Engineer - AWS Multi-Account

Paystack; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

13th month bonus

TSG Equity compensation

Full medical coverage

Wellbeing stipend

Hybrid working environment

Growth-focused colleagues

Job summary

Paystack is seeking a Senior Platform Security Engineer to own and evolve the security foundation of its cloud platform. You will manage Paystack's AWS multi-account environment, design IAM models, and build automated, secure-by-default controls across the platform.

You’ll lead the Platform Security function and collaborate across engineering and DevOps to embed security into infrastructure decisions. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, deliver production-grade

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience securing AWS environments at scale.
• Experience designing identity and access-management systems.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into infrastructure controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve AWS multi-account security architecture and controls.
• Design scalable IAM and secure access self-service for engineering teams.
• Build automated cloud security standards and enforcement controls.
• Partner with DevOps to integrate security into infrastructure decisions.
• Develop tooling to automate security, audits, and evidence.

Skills

AWS security

Multi-account AWS

IAM

Secrets management

Security tooling

Cloud security architecture

Network controls

DevOps collaboration

Compliance & audits

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Paystack is seeking a Senior Platform Security Engineer to own and evolve the security foundation of its cloud platform. You will manage Paystack's AWS multi-account environment, design IAM models, and build automated, secure-by-default controls across the platform.

You’ll lead the Platform Security function and collaborate across engineering and DevOps to embed security into infrastructure decisions. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, deliver production-grade