DevSecOps Engineer

Communicate Recruitment (Cape Town WC, South Africa) Follow 2 days ago

Full-time Automation Buzzword Cloud Security Vulnerability Workflow Design

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Key Responsibilities:

Be the guardian of the gates, building security into every deployment, pipeline, and platform before threats even get a chance to knock
Hunt down vulnerabilities like a digital bounty hunter and automate their detection before they become tomorrow's problem
Turn security best practices into engineering superpowers by embedding them directly into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
Design cloud environments that are secure, resilient, and ready for anything the internet decides to throw at them
Champion the "shift-left" movement, helping developers catch issues early when fixes are quick and coffee consumption remains reasonable
Build security guardrails that keep teams moving fast without driving off a compliance cliff
Partner with engineers, architects, and technology leaders to make security everyone's responsibility, not just a team's job title
Transform complex security risks into practical solutions that real humans can actually understand and implement
Create visibility across the platform through monitoring, reporting, and observability, because you can't protect what you can't see
Explore emerging technologies and AI-driven solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible in modern security engineering
Lead the charge toward a secure-by-design future where security is woven into every decision, every release, and every success story
In short: you'll be part security strategist, part automation wizard, part cloud defender, and part engineering enabler, helping build platforms that are as secure as they are innovative

Job Experience and Skills Required:

You've built a career in DevSecOps, Security Engineering, or Cloud Security and know how to stop problems before they start.
Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, and automation are your trusted sidekicks.
You know your way around security frameworks, cloud security, IAM, encryption, and secure-by-design principles.
SAST, DAST, vulnerability management, and security tooling aren't just buzzwords on your CV, they're tools you've used in the real world.
You're constantly looking for smarter, faster, more secure ways of doing things.
You solve problems, automate repetitive tasks, and leave every platform stronger than you found it.

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