Cloud Security Engineer (DevSecOps)

Location: Cape Town | Work Type: Hybrid / Remote
| Contract Duration: 12 months (With the option to go
permanent) | Job ID: J107283

About our client:

Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on
long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work
with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves
on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture and
performance. You are welcome to go into the office daily or to take
advantage of their hybrid in-office / remote benefit. This company
places significant investment in employee wellness, their benefits
which are on top of generous basic salaries, are industry leading in
their generosity. Our client is large, offering fantastic career
development opportunities but also very dynamic, they track as many
metrics as possible in order to continuously improve - they spare no
expense on the tools to do so. Automation, AI and R&D are
pillars of their business framework which ensures you should never
be at risk of falling behind or getting stuck working with old
legacy software. Culturally they are very cosmopolitan and diverse,
you will be working with the best globally.

What you will be doing:

• Manage daily security operations, including handling support

tickets, monitoring security tools (internal and managed SOC),
investigating incidents, major incident response, operating
runbooks, and monitoring threat feeds.

• Configure and operate core security tools (EDR, SWG, UEBA,

SEG, PAM, SSO), implement technical security standards, provide
input on security posture, and manage the vulnerability
management process.

• Embed security across cloud environments and CI/CD

pipelines, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security
scanning, containerization practices (AKS), and tools like
Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Datadog for both code security
and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM).

• Offer technical security advice for projects (control

design, process review, SSDLC input), contribute to technical
security designs and policies, ensure the secure implementation
of cloud services, and research emerging threats/vulnerabilities.

• Support ongoing security awareness programs through staff

training, running phishing tests, and communicating new/emerging
threats via intranet announcements.

What our client is looking for:

• Minimum 5 years in a Security Operations or Cloud Security

Engineering role, demonstrating strong technical expertise
across security monitoring, detection, prevention, and control systems.

• Strong hands-on cloud security experience, including

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling, Securing CI/CD pipelines,
container security and orchestration (AKS), and operationalizing
tools such as Defender for Cloud and Datadog for code security
and CSPM.

• Hands-on experience with security incident response planning

and ensuring its ongoing effectiveness.

• Expertise in Azure, M365, OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 20, and the

MITRE ATT&CK framework (Microsoft or SANS certifications are desirable).

• Knowledge of industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001:2022), data

handling best practices, and expertise in global data protection
laws (e.g., GDPR), especially for the financial sector.

• Ability to stay current with evolving threat actor Tactics,

Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and necessary mitigation mechanisms.

• A passion for creating secure, scalable, and resilient

systems; strong problem-solving skills; a desire to be part of a
highly effective, service-orientated cyber security function;
and a commitment to ethics, compliance, and urgency.

For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on
offer, do visit our website -

Requirements

Cloud Security Engineer, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD
Security, Defender for Cloud, Datadog, CSPM, Code Security,
Containers, AKS, Azure, Incident Response, EDR, SWG, UEBA, PAM,
M365, MITRE ATT&CK, GDPR, ISO 27001