Senior Cloud Engineer — Automation & Cost Optimization

Nedbank; Florø; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nedbank seeks an experienced cloud infrastructure professional to implement and maintain hybrid cloud environments, automate services, and align with the cloud strategy. You will collaborate with infrastructure designers, platform owners, and public cloud providers to optimise IT expenditure and deliver efficiencies through automation.

Responsibilities include ensuring governance, capacity planning, ongoing certifications, and contributing to business objectives while staying current with

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate.
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees.
• Relevant IT related Degree or Diploma.
• Public Cloud Certification and Virtualisation certification (VMware preferable).
• 8-10 Years IT infrastructure and operations experience.
• 6+ Years Database administration experience.
• 3+ Years advanced automation/code deployments experience.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Infrastructure Designers and Platform Owners to review and approve cloud template and patterns.
• Conduct logical deployments of cloud configuration/s.
• Automate cloud services.
• Collaborate with Public Cloud Providers specifically around the integration and consumption of services.
• Maintain and enhance cloud service offerings including portal and catalogue items.
• Ensure all service offerings integrate into ITSM processes (includes infrastructure recoveries, management and delivery according to SLA).
• Responsible for capacity planning to ensure capacity exists at the right time with the right infrastructure.
• Ensure that enterprise standards and IT governance standards are applied to the cloud infrastructure.
• Report on the performance of the cloud infrastructure and recommend actions where required.
• Act as a third level support to the cloud infrastructure operations team.
• Advise and consult to project workgroups on all cloud related matters.
• Ensure and maintain the stability and reliabilty of the cloud services.
• Rightsize the infrastructure as and when required.
• Execute deliverables in line with cloud strategy within agreed timeframes.
• Keep certifications valid and up to date.
• Keep up to date with current industry trends.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
• Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
• Automation of cloud database services end to end
• Conduct logical deployments of cloud configuration/s.
• Maintain and enhance cloud service offerings including portal, catalogue and marketplace items.
• Ensure that enterprise standards and IT governance standards are applied to the cloud database services.
• Performance and cost Optimization practices.
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Skills

Networking

SAN

Database Management

Computer Security

Disaster Recovery

IT Concepts

Systems Design

Education

Matric / Grade 12

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Tools

VMware

Job description

Nedbank seeks an experienced cloud infrastructure professional to implement and maintain hybrid cloud environments, automate services, and align with the cloud strategy. You will collaborate with infrastructure designers, platform owners, and public cloud providers to optimise IT expenditure and deliver efficiencies through automation.

Responsibilities include ensuring governance, capacity planning, ongoing certifications, and contributing to business objectives while staying current with