Someone beat you to it!

Unfortunately, another Gumtree user is in the process of purchasing this item. Check back later in case they've changed their mind, or click the button below to browse more Pay & Ship listings.

View more Pay & Ship listings

IT Security Platform Engineer

5 days ago26 views
Ad Saved to My List
View and manage your saved ads in your account.
Report Ad
General Details
Location:
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
Advertised By:Agency
Company Name:Executive Placements
Job Type:Full-Time
Description
Key responsibilities:
  • Ensure uptime, stability, and incident resolution of our current production SIEM/SOC/IR/Observability systems
    • This includes sysadmin functions like resource and capacity management
    • Our customer SIEM tenants are backed by an SLA with punitive measures, ensuring the uptime SLA is met is critical to our business
  • Use your AWS & Linux experience to improve architecture
  • Manage the lifecycle of SIEM infrastructure and applications, including provisioning, scaling, patching, and upgrading.
  • Provide L1 and L2 support relating to SIEM Infrastructure and Applications.
    • Perform after-hours break fix support for the platform should a production instance be affected
    • Ensure that these occurrences are an absolute fringe-case
  • Maintain our current IaC and deployment code
  • Develop and implement new CICD pipelines to:
    • Scan all containers for vulnerabilities
    • Securely and reliably deploy code with no interruption
    • Improve automation across the board to make sure you are spending less time fixing broken things or deploying, but rather building new features/rules/enhancements for our customers security posture
  • Document, plan and migrate our current SIEM & SOC applications to EKS or similar
  • Document, plan and implement new SIEM/SOC tools (or improve existing ones) and architect new automations
  • Own the current DR plan, review and ensure we can commit to the SLA uptime we have promised our customers, identifying risks or proposing new architecture to suit the environment
  • Apply your industry knowledge to improve our service offering and mentor junior resources
  • Increase/improve the security controls of our platform
Skills & Experience
  • Proven experience running and supporting production SIEM/SOC/IR/observability platforms with strict uptime/SLA requirements
  • Strong Linux systems administration: performance/capacity management, patching/upgrades, troubleshooting, incident response
  • Strong AWS experience with a track record of improving architecture for reliability, scale, and cost efficiency
  • Infrastructure lifecycle management: provisioning, scaling, hardening, maintenance, and upgrade planning
  • Hands-on L1/L2 operational support capability, including after-hours break-fix for production incidents
  • IaC and deployment automation experience (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation) and maintaining existing codebases
  • CI/CD engineering to enable secure, reliable, low/no-downtime deployments
  • Container and platform security practices: vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, and security control improvements
  • Kubernetes/EKS experience (or proven migration planning) including documentation, planning, and execution
  • DR ownership:
    https://www.executiveplacements.com/Jobs/I/IT-Security-Platform-Engineer-1248373-Job-Search-01-05-2026-10-24-15-AM.asp?sid=gumtree
Id Subtitle 1346021219
View More
Apply now:
Executive Placements
Selling for 1 year
Total Ads3.42K
Active Ads3.42K
Professional Seller
Seller stats
3.42KTotal Ads
11.03MTotal Views
View seller profile
Contact Executive Placements
Message
(4017)
Name
(Optional)
Email Address
(Optional)
Phone
(Required)
Upload CV(Optional)
DOC or PDF only max 2 MB file size
Send Message
By clicking "Send" you accept the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Notice and agree to receive newsletters and promo offers from us.
Related Ads
Gumtree Safety Tips
1.Meet in a public space to see the item and exchange money.
2.Never send your item before receiving the money.
3.Never send or wire money to sellers or buyers.
Read More