Senior Security Architect - Cloud & DevSecOps

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Eersterivier; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment seeks an experienced Senior Security Analyst to lead across Security Operations, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering, GRC and DevSecOps in a Cape Town environment.

You will use Microsoft Defender, Azure, Entra ID and Active Directory to investigate incidents, implement Zero Trust initiatives and drive security resilience in an enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years ICT experience; 5+ years in cybersecurity.
• Experience with incident response, threat investigation and vulnerability management.
• Strong Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Active Directory experience.
• Experience securing cloud platforms and working in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security events across cloud, endpoints, networks and applications.
• Perform threat hunting, incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Enhance SIEM capabilities, playbooks and security monitoring.
• Manage vulnerability scanning and risk-based prioritization.
• Coordinate remediation with ICT teams and validate fixes.
• Produce vulnerability and risk reporting.
• Design and implement security controls across Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Windows and Linux.
• Support secure development, code scanning and security testing.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

Zero Trust

Security architecture

Scripting & automation

Education

Matric

Degree/National Diploma

Tools

Azure

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Active Directory

PowerShell

Python

Bash

REST APIs

EDR

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment seeks an experienced Senior Security Analyst to lead across Security Operations, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering, GRC and DevSecOps in a Cape Town environment.

You will use Microsoft Defender, Azure, Entra ID and Active Directory to investigate incidents, implement Zero Trust initiatives and drive security resilience in an enterprise setting.