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Senior Security Ops Engineer

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South Africa · On-site Full-time Senior Today

About the role

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Leading the design, implementation, and management of complex and scalable AWS security solutions for enterprise clients.
  • Providing expert-level guidance and consulting to clients on AWS security, best practices, and industry standards.
  • Conducting in-depth assessments of client environments to identify security weaknesses, and recommend remediations.
  • Leading troubleshooting efforts for critical and complex incidents, providing advanced technical expertise and resolution.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver training programs, workshops, and knowledge sharing sessions to enhance team capabilities.
  • Specializing in a particular domain and being able to provide guidance relating to that domain across company and to our clients.
  • Extensive experience in designing and implementing complex security architectures, including integration of non-cloud-native security services.
  • Expert-level knowledge of AWS services, with a deep understanding of their capabilities, limitations, interoperability and best practices.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform.
  • Deep understanding of AWS security practices and compliance frameworks, such as GDPR, CIS, NIST, PCI.
  • Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to guide and coach junior and intermediate team members.
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities, including the ability to handle critical incidents and provide timely resolutions.
  • Troubleshooting issues and providing support for AWS services related to the services identified. - Customer Meetings (Reporting, Consulting)
  • Handle Incident Escalations
  • Handle Technical Escalations
  • SIEM management and platform development
  • Vulnerability Management, eg: Tenable/Nessus
  • Third-party security services, eg: Cloudflare.
  • Updating/Deploying remote security monitoring code for cloud environment according to security principles.
  • Configure wide range of security tools across multiple cloud environments
  • Updating security processes and knowledge-base documentation
  • Customer Service Requests
  • Internal Service Requests
  • Updating/Deploying remote security monitoring code
  • Threat Hunting
  • Create training documentation and train colleagues where required.
  • Product Development

Desired Experience & Qualification

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Five or more years of experience in a similar role
  • BSc. in Computer Science, Engineering or related diplomas.
  • AWS Certifications (eg: Security Specialty & Solutions Architect Professional)
  • Some development language and some experience in developing software
  • Familiar with the software lifecycle process

Requirements

  • Five or more years of experience in a similar role
  • BSc. in Computer Science, Engineering or related diplomas.
  • AWS Certifications (eg: Security Specialty & Solutions Architect Professional)
  • Some development language and some experience in developing software
  • Familiar with the software lifecycle process

Responsibilities

  • Leading the design, implementation, and management of complex and scalable AWS security solutions for enterprise clients.
  • Providing expert-level guidance and consulting to clients on AWS security, best practices, and industry standards.
  • Conducting in-depth assessments of client environments to identify security weaknesses, and recommend remediations.
  • Leading troubleshooting efforts for critical and complex incidents, providing advanced technical expertise and resolution.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver training programs, workshops, and knowledge sharing sessions to enhance team capabilities.
  • Specializing in a particular domain and being able to provide guidance relating to that domain across company and to our clients.
  • Extensive experience in designing and implementing complex security architectures, including integration of non-cloud-native security services.
  • Expert-level knowledge of AWS services, with a deep understanding of their capabilities, limitations, interoperability and best practices.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform.
  • Deep understanding of AWS security practices and compliance frameworks, such as GDPR, CIS, NIST, PCI.
  • Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to guide and coach junior and intermediate team members.
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities, including the ability to handle critical incidents and provide timely resolutions.
  • Troubleshooting issues and providing support for AWS services related to the services identified.
  • Customer Meetings (Reporting, Consulting)
  • Handle Incident Escalations
  • Handle Technical Escalations
  • SIEM management and platform development
  • Vulnerability Management, eg: Tenable/Nessus
  • Third-party security services, eg: Cloudflare.
  • Updating/Deploying remote security monitoring code for cloud environment according to security principles.
  • Configure wide range of security tools across multiple cloud environments
  • Updating security processes and knowledge-base documentation
  • Customer Service Requests
  • Internal Service Requests
  • Updating/Deploying remote security monitoring code
  • Threat Hunting
  • Create training documentation and train colleagues where required.
  • Product Development

Skills

AWSCloudflareCISGDPRNessusNISTPCITenableTerraform

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