Cloud Security Engineer at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• Matric
• Degree or diploma in IT or relates field
• 3- 4 years of relevant experience
• 2+ years’ Cloud security engineer and cloud compliance
• CompTIA Security+
• AWS Cloud Practitioner - Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Security Specialty
• Certified Cloud Security Professional – CCSP
• GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)

Additional Qualifications / Experience (Preferred Not a Requirement

• CASP+ - CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner
• CCNP Cloud: Cisco Certified Network Professional Cloud
• Designs and builds the organisation's cybersecurity systems and infrastructure. Provides specialist knowledge on maintaining a secure cyber security framework. Analyses and monitors the organisation’s cybersecurity measures and responds to actual penetration attempts by malicious hackers.

Responsibilities

Information Security

• Lead in detecting and analyzing security incidents, including attacks, breaches, and identified vulnerabilities, and remediate any security gaps in line with the security incident management procedure.

Company Data Protection

• Design and implement disaster recovery and contingency plans to protect company data.

Horizon Scanning

• Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Data Exploration

• Conduct research and select relevant information to enable analysis of key themes and trends using primary data sources and business intelligence tools.

Policies and Procedures Development

• Contribute to the drafting of policies, procedures, and related guidelines within an area of expertise to meet defined key principles and ensure compliance with external requirements.

Business Requirements Identification

• Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.

Faults Diagnosis and Correction

• Provide fault isolation and resolution for complex challenges to limit and address issues promptly.

Technical Developments Recommendation

• Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.

Operational Compliance

• Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Or identify, within the team, patterns of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Database Specifications

• Contribute to the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills

• Adaptive Thinking, Application Development, Computer Literacy, Confidentiality, Data Compilation, Data Compression, Data Controls, Data Modeling, Data Privacy, Data Recovery, Digital Literacy, Gateway Servers, IT Network Security, Probing Questions, Test Case Management

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Communicates Effectively
• Cultivates Innovation
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Nimble Learning
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Persuades

Education

• NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

• 04 September 2025