SecOps Engineer

FORTE CLOUD is at the forefront of revolutionizing businesses in the Middle East and Africa through cutting-edge cloud solutions. As the premier cloud partner in the region since 2014, we boast unparalleled expertise and an outstanding track record in seamlessly navigating organizations through successful cloud adoption.
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Role Purpose:
The SecOps Engineer is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of cloud security operations. The role focuses on building and maintaining scalable security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response capabilities, integrating automation and orchestration for rapid remediation, and providing expert consultation to ensure resilient, compliant, and secure environments across customer infrastructures.

Responsibilities:

• Handle the implementation, deployment, and integration of cloud security solutions, ensuring compliance, scalability, and high availability of secured workloads.
• Apply cloud security best practices to protect applications, data, and infrastructure across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and DaaS environments.
• Develop automation scripts and security as code (SaC) to enforce policies, manage configurations, and continuously monitor security controls.
• Participate with the Solution Architect team in the design and review of secure cloud architectures.
• Act as a trusted security advisor for the client in all aspects related to cloud security, compliance, and risk management.
• Contribute to the wider SecOps practice through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
• Support incident response and threat detection by monitoring cloud environments and responding to vulnerabilities and attacks.
• Create, update, and maintain the FORTE CLOUD security knowledge base, including security policies, playbooks, and lessons learned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, with a focus on multi-cloud environments.
• Proficiency in AWS and Azure services.
• Proven experience in cloud security engineering across major hyperscaler platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Hands-on expertise in cloud security controls (WAF, IAM, SCPs, Secrets Management, KMS, CASB, DLP, SIEM/SOAR).
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Security as Code (SaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM, etc.).
• Solid knowledge of network security fundamentals (firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, Zero Trust).
• Practical experience with container and Kubernetes security (admission controllers, service mesh, runtime scanning, policy enforcement).
• Experience in cloud compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, CIS Benchmarks).
• Strong understanding of incident response, threat modeling, and vulnerability management in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go, or PowerShell) for security tasks and integrations.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across cloud, networking, and security stacks.
• Strong communication skills and ability to act as a trusted security advisor to technical and business stakeholders.