Information Security Officer

Remote, South Africa

Information Security Officer

Maintain Operational Systems, Networks and Security

Facilitate annual PCI audits and ensure ongoing compliance.

Ensure Linux systems are patched promptly and securely, coordinating through the correct change control process if customer impact is anticipated.

Maintain and monitor Elastic SIEM, respond to alerts, and perform in-depth investigations.

Troubleshoot system issues across all technology stacks including production/QA environments, databases, networks, and integrations.

Deploy and manage tooling to enhance operations, security, and efficiency.

Research and implement new tools (open source or commercial) that improve system performance, monitoring, logging, security, or compliance.

Develop Python scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Securely architect and manage AWS services, including but not limited to:

VPC, EC2, ECS/Fargate, ECR

GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail

Load balancers, VPNs, and WAFs

Maintain robust connectivity between third parties, banking partners, and on-premises data centres.

Implement and enforce best practices in system isolation, scope reduction, and security.

Hardware...