Devsecops Specialist

**Introduction**

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings (MMH) is a South African based financial services group listed on the South African stock exchange, the JSE. The group operates in the market through multiple client-facing brands including insurance and investment brands Metropolitan and Momentum, South Africa’s number one cell captive insurer Guardrisk and wellness & rewards program Multiply.

**Role Purpose**

**Requirements**:

- BSc/B. Eng or B.Tech degree in computer science, electrical engineering, process engineering or Information Technology or equivalent will be an advantage.
- Security certification (e.g CEH, OSCP) will be an advantage.
- 5 years’ IT development experience required.
- Minimum one years’ practical experience with CI/CD required.

**Duties & Responsibilities**

**ANALYSE AND ASSESS POTENTIAL INFORMATION SECURITY RISKS**:

- Develop and provide examples for and guidance on maturing SDLC across environments (e.g. on premise and cloud) and development languages.
- Provide insight into and oversight of solutions being developed or procured across the group
- Assist teams in developing prototype solutions where required
- Develop development best practice guidance notes and standards as required.
- Identify training needs and opportunities and provide or facilitate training.
- Assist teams to identify cyber risks relating to development and find appropriate solutions to address identified risks.

**ENABLE CLIENT CENTRICITY WITHIN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY**:

- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Deliver agreements to ensure that expectations are managed.
- Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.
- Continuously monitor turnaround times and quality standards and resolve issues speedily to enhance client service delivery.
- Manage processes and ensure that queries are tracked, accurately resolved and used as a mechanism to improve internal services and processes.

**SELF MANAGEMENT AND TEAMWORK**:

- Actively create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
- Contribute to and drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, people growth and improvement and cohesiveness.
- Effectively manage your own performance and that of direct reports (if applicable) within the team inorder to ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team.
- Take ownership for driving own career development and the career development of team (where applicable).

**CONTRIBUTE TO FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND PLANNING**:

- Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
- Manage financial and other company resources under your control with due respect.
- Utilise insights to understand and increase the value of clients and support the opportunities aimed at optimising revenue.

**Competencies**

**BUSINESS ACUMEN**:

- Understands how the business operates, what the key issues and risks are that drives business success; and how they impact on the commercial viability of potential ventures and the profitability of the Group.

**BUSINESS COMMITMENT**:

- Anticipates, meets and exceeds business’s needs by creating long lasting relationships that support the business value proposition.

**DRIVE FOR RESULTS**:

- Drive a sense of urgency, focus, accountability, agility and execution to deliver business results.

**LEADS CHANGE AND INNOVATION**:

- Actively leads change, does what is right for the business and drives continuous improvement through innovation.

**COLLABORATION**:

- Prioritises the business interests of MMH and invests in the success of the group by aligning effort across divisions.

**IMPACT AND INFLUENCE**:

- Persuades, convinces, influences and inspires others, both within MMH
and externally to win support, loyalty and gain commitment to the purpose of MMH.

**SELF-AWARENESS AND INSIGHT**:

- Manages self and relationships with others effectively and provides perspective in difficult situations.

***DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS**:

- Manages self and relationships with others effectively and provides perspective in difficult situations.
- Is sensitive to individual and cultural similarities and differences and demonstrates humility and an openness to engage people from diverse backgrounds and cultures to the mutual benefit of all parties concerned.