Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — Cloud, Application & Data Security

Guud Global|Posted 18 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Security engineer

Other roles:DevOps engineer, Cloud engineer

Experience in role:6+ years

Language proficiency:English

Must-have skills:

AWS

Terraform

WAF

Location and salary

Remote policy:In-office

Location of job:Century City, Cape Town, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder, permanent resident or work permit/visa holder

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

We're searching for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to architect and lead our security strategy across our entire technology stack. You'll work hand-in-hand with our development and data engineering teams to embed security into everything we build — from AWS environments to AI-powered features our customers interact with daily. This is a hands-on security architect role where you'll shape how we design, build, and operate secure systems from the ground up, with a particular focus on emerging security challenges around LLMs and AI in production. You'll own end-to-end security architecture across our cloud infrastructure, applications, data pipelines, and AI systems. Your responsibilities span threat modelling, security assessments, identity and access management, application security practices, data protection strategies, AI/LLM security, and building robust monitoring and incident response capabilities. We need someone who can drive a DevSecOps culture by embedding security into CI/CD pipelines while mentoring developers and making security an enabler rather than a blocker. You'll advise leadership on risk posture and compliance obligations while working collaboratively in an agile environment. We offer a competitive salary and equity package, flexible and remote working arrangements, and a generous learning and development budget including conference and certification support. You'll have access to the latest AI tools and cloud infrastructure, and most importantly, a seat at the table — security is a strategic priority here, not an afterthought. We're looking for someone with 6+ years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 2 years focused on cloud and application security architecture, with deep AWS expertise, application security knowledge, and strong communication skills to work effectively across technical and executive audiences.

About Guud Global

1-15 employees

About Guud

Embark with us on an exciting project to help reduce road accidents, insurance claims and insurance premiums for commercial road transportation companies in South Africa.
Our solution focuses on proprietary technology in a mobility-driven environment, which will gather various data points on commercial drivers across South Africa.  Along with integrated secondary data from our partner network, access to these analytics allows our clients to draw actionable insights to help drive better outcomes for businesses and insurers.

Our company brings a wealth of experience to this greenfield project, having spent over 13 years working in the mobility industry. We have collaborated on a variety of projects within health, education and government administration services. At our core, we are driven by the desire to make a real impact on people's lives. This new tech offering is an extension of that mission, and we invite you to join us on this journey as we strive to create a more equitable and accessible world. Our pictures below showcase our commitment to making a positive impact through mobility.

Join our team

Are you a skilled developer ready to take on a thrilling new challenge? We are looking to build a small core team of software developers that see eye to eye and work well together. With a clearly defined business model we are building a technical solution to serve as an efficient platform to deliver our services from.

As a key member of our team, your input and expertise will be instrumental in shaping the final product. Make a meaningful impact on society by joining forces with a group of like-minded individuals.

Experience with the following is a plus: