Cyber Security Engineer
- Negotiable
- South Africa, South Africa
- Contract
Cloud Security Consultant | AWS | Azure | Enterprise Transformation
Duration: 12 Months
Shape the future of secure cloud transformation.
We're partnering with a leading enterprise undergoing a significant digital transformation, investing heavily in cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and modern infrastructure. This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled team where you'll influence enterprise-wide cloud security strategy while remaining hands-on with cutting-edge technologies.
If you're passionate about securing cloud environments, designing resilient architectures, and enabling businesses to adopt cloud securely at scale, this role offers the chance to make a real impact.
The Opportunity
As a Cloud Security Consultant, you'll work across large-scale enterprise environments, helping to design, secure, and optimise cloud platforms while driving security best practices throughout the organisation. This is a highly technical consulting role requiring both strategic thinking and hands-on delivery.
You'll collaborate with infrastructure, architecture, cybersecurity, and engineering teams to deliver secure-by-design solutions that enable innovation without compromising security.
What You'll Be Doing
Cloud Security & Architecture
Design and implement secure cloud solutions across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Build scalable cloud architectures that align with business, operational and compliance requirements.
Drive cloud governance, security hardening, configuration management and cloud adoption initiatives.
Advise stakeholders on cloud security strategy and best practices across enterprise environments.
Enterprise Cybersecurity
Embed security into solution architecture using secure-by-design principles.
Strengthen security across cloud platforms, identity, endpoints, collaboration tools and data environments.
Identify vulnerabilities, assess security gaps and develop remediation strategies.
Improve overall security maturity through governance, compliance and risk management initiatives.
AI Security
Secure AI and machine learning environments and supporting pipelines.
Implement governance and controls for responsible AI adoption.
Protect against emerging threats including:
Prompt injection
Model poisoning
Data leakage
Apply frameworks such as OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications, and MITRE ATLAS.
Work with modern AI platforms including Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI.
DevSecOps
Integrate security throughout CI/CD pipelines.
Implement shift-left security practices.
Utilise security tooling including:
SAST
DAST
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Container security platforms
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) scanning
Solution Delivery
Lead solution design from discovery through implementation.
Translate business requirements into secure, scalable technical architectures.
Support the complete project lifecycle including architecture, deployment, optimisation and continuous improvement.
Provide trusted technical guidance while remaining actively involved in implementation.
Cyber Risk Management
Assess and manage cyber risks across cloud, infrastructure, identity and enterprise environments.
Develop risk mitigation strategies and implement effective security controls.
Support governance, audit readiness, compliance and business continuity initiatives.
Reduce organisational risk through proactive assessments and continuous monitoring.
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering or a related discipline.
8-10+ years of experience in Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Cloud Architecture or Enterprise Security Consulting.
Strong hands-on expertise across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Experience delivering enterprise-scale cloud transformation and cybersecurity programmes.
Strong understanding of cloud governance, identity, infrastructure security and risk management.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and consulting skills.
Ability to balance strategic advisory work with hands-on technical delivery.
Highly Desirable
Professional certifications in one or more of the following areas:
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Security
Cybersecurity
Enterprise Architecture
Risk Management
AI Security
Why Apply?
Work on complex enterprise cloud transformation programmes.
Influence security strategy across large-scale environments.
Exposure to the latest cloud, AI and cybersecurity technologies.
Join a collaborative team focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
Opportunity to work on projects that genuinely shape the future of enterprise technology.
If you're an experienced Cloud Security professional looking to work on meaningful transformation initiatives where security, cloud and AI intersect, we'd love to hear from you.