DevSecOps Manager

Are you a visionary tech leader who believes that speed should never come at the expense of security?

As our Dev Sec Ops  Manager, you will steer the evolution of secure, automated, and highly resilient cloud-native delivery within our Company's IT Insurance division. This senior role balances high-level strategic governance with technical architecture. You will lead an elite team of Dev Ops, SRE, and security engineers—fostering a "security by design" culture that enables rapid innovation while maintaining a bulletproof compliance posture in a highly regulated global and South African landscape.

AWS Cloud Architecture & Security Governance

• Design, implement, and govern secure AWS multi-account architectures (Control Tower, VPCs, EKS, Lambda, RDS) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, CDK).
• Enforce absolute least-privilege IAM, KMS encryption, secrets management, and data sovereignty aligned to POPIA Condition 7 and the Cybercrimes Act.
• Maximize AWS-native security services including Guard Duty, Amazon Inspector, Security Hub, Config, and IAM Access Analyzer.

• Build and optimize automated, secure CI/CD pipelines (AWS Code Pipeline, Git Lab) embedded with automated security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA, secret, and container scanning).
• Oversee containerization and orchestration workflows (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) to guarantee stable, consistent environments.
• Drive engineering efficiency by eliminating toil, automating repetitive tasks, and building frictionless self-service developer tools.

• Architect an intelligent, comprehensive monitoring and alerting ecosystem using AWS Cloud Watch, X-Ray, Event Bridge, and SIEM integrations.
• Design sophisticated alert routing, escalation, and noise reduction protocols to ensure 24/7 visibility into our performance and security posture.

• Lead, mentor, and elevate a high-performing team of engineers, championing a culture of shared ownership and continuous automation.
• Define, track, and report on key engineering metrics:
  Vulnerability remediation time, security gate pass rates, MTTR, and deployment frequency.
• Direct regular penetration testing programs, risk-based vulnerability prioritization, and lead the technical evidence collection for corporate audits.

• sDegree:
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field
• .Cloud Certifications (At least one preferred): AWS Certified Security – Specialty or AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• .Security Certifications (Advantageous): CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or CISA

• e8–10+ years of deep technical experience across Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, or Cybersecurity environments
• .3–5+ years in an explicit technical leadership or engineering management role
• .Proven track record operating within heavily regulated industries (e.g., Financial Services, Insurance, Fintech) with strict POPIA / GDPR compliance requirements

• sNatively fluent in cloud infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible) and scripting (Python, Bash, or Power Shell)
• .Expert-level grasp of Linux administration, advanced networking, and Git workflows
• .Strong familiarity with penetration testing methodologies, runtime protection, and Zero-Trust implementation architecture