DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Cape Town Job ID: J107095

About our client: Our client is a fast-growing online business based in South Africa. They are obsessive about their high performance yet collaborative culture and are looking for leaders to join their dynamic team. They think big, move fast, take ownership and are used to winning. They are lucky to be surrounded by colleagues who are experts in their field, working together to create a world class brand.

• Continuously monitor and report on the organization's security status using available tools.
• Lead regular assessments to identify vulnerabilities, remediate discovered issues, and track findings for continuous application security improvement.
• Develop and maintain systems for security monitoring, logging, and alerting to enhance overall security visibility.
• Configure, manage, and optimize Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions to defend web applications against attacks.
• Design, develop, and test secure code in Golang, NodeJS, or Python, perform code reviews, and maintain/improve code quality while drafting technical documentation.

• A relevant tertiary qualification would be beneficial (Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, etc.)
• Minimum 4 years in DevSecOps or strong background in both DevOps and security.
• Practical experience with containerized environments (Docker & Kubernetes preferred) and Terraform, with an emphasis on security integration.
• Experience in configuring, managing, and integrating into CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Experience working in a Mac/Linux environment.
• Experience with various metrics and monitoring systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, NewRelic, Elastic APM).
• Proficient in shell scripting, strong problem-solving and analytical skills, results-driven, team-comfortable, with good communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience with Cloudflare enterprise, e-commerce, microservices/API security, Google Cloud (GCP), and securing PHP projects would be a bonus.