Head of Application Security
Cape Town, Apex House, South Africa
ZAR 420K-500K (estimate) Executive-level Full Time
Tasks
- Communicate security risks to leadership
- Conduct secure design reviews
- Define AI security guardrails
- Define CI CD security controls
- Define application security strategy
- Drive secure software delivery
- Establish secure coding standards
- Implement automated security testing
- Implement cloud security patterns
- Lead security engineering teams
- Manage secrets management
- Oversee threat modeling
- Perform architecture risk assessments
- Secure API ecosystems
- Secure microservices architectures
- Set application security standards
- Support audits and regulatory reviews
- Support penetration testing and assurance activities
- Translate security policies into engineering guidance
Perks/Benefits
Skills/Tech-stack
AI Security | API Security | AWS | Agile | Application Security | Azure | CI/CD | Cloud Native | Cloud Security | Cloud-native Security | DAST | Data Protection | Defense in Depth | Design reviews | DevSecOps | GitHub | GitLab | Hybrid Cloud | ISO 27001 | Infrastructure as Code | Microservices | Multi-cloud | NIST | NIST CSF | OCI | OWASP | Penetration Testing | SABSA | SAST | SCA | SOC 1 | SOC 2 | Secrets management | Secure Architecture | Secure Coding | Secure Design | Secure Design Reviews | TOGAF | Threat modeling | Vulnerability Management | “as-code”
Education
N/A
Roles
Head | Head of Application | Head of Application Security | Security
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