CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST: DevSecOps, IT CYBER SECURITY
Boardroom AppointmentsCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Posted January 5, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Boardroom Appointments, founded in 1989, is a global talent solutions provider delivering recruitment, contract staffing, project staffing, temporary employment, training, HR consultancy, and expatriate mobility services across Africa, EMEA, the Americas, and Europe. Leveraging a deep industry focus that spans FMCG, finance, manufacturing, oil & gas, healthcare, logistics, IT, renewable energy, retail, agriculture, government, and call‑center services, the firm custom‑builds solutions that match each client’s unique talent needs. With a worldwide candidate database and a team of seasoned recruitment and HR professionals, Boardroom Appointments offers end‑to‑end services—from executive search and people analytics to payroll outsourcing and workforce management—ensuring seamless, high‑quality placements that let clients concentrate on their core business. Their distinctive value lies in a partnership model that blends industry expertise, data‑driven insights, and a culture of passion and professionalism to deliver flawless, long‑lasting results.
Job Description
Secure the development of products by integrating security practices as early as possible in the lifecycle of software development. Prescribe, maintain and enhance cool toolsets to manage the relevant tools required for mature product security.
Requirements
- 3-year IT or NQF aligned Qualification
- 5 years relevant experience in cyber security, with at least 3 years in a DevOps / DevSecOps capacity
- Hands on practical experience in DevOps / DevSecOps and the ability to integrate security into the CI/CD processes
- Extensive knowledge of DevSecOps principles, practices, and tools, including containerization, orchestration, and automation
- Experience in securing CI/CD pipelines on Cloud platforms, specifically AWS and Azure
- Basic scripting experience and skills. Python and JavaScript are preferred.
- Solid experience in Secure Code Development practices and tools, e.g., SonarCube
- Good understanding of common security libraries, frameworks, and tools
- Ability to explain the common security flaws as well as potential ways to address them
- Deep technical skills and ability to automate manual processes
- Bloodhound approach to security
- Relentless pursuit of threat identification and remediation
- Relevant research and translation into defence
- Very good people skills to engage with the various stakeholders across the business, while ensuring that professionalism is maintained
- Ability to engage with and contribute to the Information Security community