Join our Digital Core and Innovation (DCI) team to improve our evolving technology and security needs
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 organization’s evolving technology and security needs.
The Systems & Security Engineer will own and advance the organization’s 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 firm’s 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:
Continuously improve CrossBoundary’s 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.
Design, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure environments, including Azure tenancies, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Cloud PCs.
Build and maintain core infrastructure services (e.g., server builds, file services, DHCP) in cloud and on‑prem 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.
Manage unified endpoint management across Windows, macOS, Android, and Apple mobile platforms using Microsoft Intune.
Apply a DevOps and Infrastructure‑as‑Code mindset, with exposure to Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and repeatable deployments.
Who You Are
Curiosity: You investigate signals, telemetry, and patterns to understand root causes and prevent recurrence. You enjoy staying current with threats, emerging technologies, and engineering best practices.
Required Qualifications
BSc degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline is required.
Demonstrated experience designing and supporting complex systems and applications, including rolling out new systems, maintaining, migrating, upgrading, and improving long-term performance.
Experience with cloud resource provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration e.g., Azure
Experience implementing and operating enterprise security controls across Microsoft Defender, Entra, Purview, and endpoint security tooling.
Practical experience with system security vulnerabilities, remediation techniques, penetration testing, intrusion detection and prevention, attack vectors, and hacker culture
Good understanding of web application technologies, protocols, and security, coupled with knowledge of scripting languages and automation experience.
Expertise in network security, including VPN, Firewall, URL filtering, network monitoring, Cloud, intrusion detection, application security, and wireless security
Location
Candidates may join our team in one of CrossBoundary’s 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.. Interested in applying?
Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Research shows that while men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women often only apply when they meet every requirement. If you’re passionate about what we’re building, we want to hear from you!
Equal Opportunity Employer
CrossBoundary is an equal-opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to recruiting@crossboundary.com.
