01Overview
Join our Digital Core and Innovation (DCI) team to improve our evolving technology and security needs.
Location:
Candidates may join our team in one of CrossBoundarys global office locations, pending local work authorisation. Locations include Accra, Bogota, Cape Town, Dubai, Dakar, Freetown, Johannesburg, Lagos, London, Lubumbashi, Mauritius, Mumbai, Nairobi, Washington D.C.
Systems & Security Engineer
CrossBoundary Group
About the Firm
CrossBoundary Group CrossBoundary Group is a mission driven investment advisory and asset management firm dedicated to unlocking the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. CrossBoundary Advisory has advised on over US$12 billion of closed transactions in underserved markets across a broad range of impactful sectors, including agriculture, health, education, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, and clean power. Our investment platforms drive impact by directly deploying capital. CrossBoundary Energy develops, owns, and operates distributed renewable energy solutions for businesses, offering cheaper and cleaner energy through power purchase and lease agreements. CrossBoundary Access uses blended finance and an innovative project financing structure to unlock capital for mini-grids with a mission to bring electricity for the first time to more than 1 million people. CrossBoundary Real Estate seeks to provide affordable housing and related infrastructure in East Africa. The Fund for Nature is scaling investment into nature-based solutions in emerging and frontier markets. For additional information, visit www.crossboundary.com.
Job Description
CrossBoundary team is recruiting a full-time Systems & Security Engineer to join our Digital Core and Innovation (DCI) team. We are seeking a resourceful, innovative, and creative problem-solver to implement solutions in response to the organizations evolving technology and security needs.
The Systems & Security Engineer will own and advance the organizations end-to-end security posture, design and maintain secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure, and build automation-driven endpoint and application delivery capabilities across macOS, Windows, Android, and Apple mobile platforms. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of modern security architecture, cloud infrastructure engineering, scripting/automation, and operational excellence.
The Systems & Security Engineer will join the DCI team and report to the Senior IT Manager, partnering closely with stakeholders across IT Compliance, Information Security, and Solution Delivery teams to implement the firms security objectives and long-term infrastructure strategy.
Why join us
CrossBoundary operates in frontier markets that also hold immense investment opportunities. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to make a large impact. Team members come from diverse backgrounds, but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.
What you will do
Your primary responsibilities will be:
Security Engineering & Governance
Continuously improve CrossBoundarys security posture across cloud, endpoint, identity, data, network, and application layers.
Implement and enforce zero trust principles, including identity governance, conditional access, privileged access, and secure API integrations.
Manage endpoint detection and response (EDR), security baselines, and system hardening.
Implement data protection and governance initiatives, including DLP and information protection.
Serve as the technical security lead during security incidents, from investigation to remediation.
Deliver clear, executiveready incident summaries and improvement recommendations.
Conduct application and infrastructure security risk assessments for existing and new systems
Lead security awareness training sessions across CrossBoundary Group.
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering
Design, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure environments, including Azure tenancies, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Cloud PCs.
Engineer and operate secure, scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure across Azure and AWS
Build and maintain core infrastructure services (e.g., server builds, file services, DHCP) in cloud and onprem environments.
Support infrastructure lifecycle activities, including new deployments, migrations, upgrades, and performance optimization.
Partner with senior stakeholders to design and recommend systems architecture, and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices.
Ensure all solutions meet security, performance, scalability, and reliability requirements
Device & Application Management
Manage unified endpoint management across Windows, macOS, Android, and Apple mobile platforms using Microsoft Intune.
Standardize device configurations, compliance, patching, and software deployment.
Leverage AI, telemetry .
