Cloud Engineer

Herotel; Cape Town; In loco; ZAR 900.000 - 1.300.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Group Risk Benefits

Medical Benefits

Health and Lifestyle Programmes

Internal academy

Descrizione del lavoro

Herotel seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud environments across AWS, Azure and GCP from Plattekloof. You will monitor cost, performance and security while implementing hybrid connectivity and infrastructure as code.

Strong hands-on AWS/Azure, security, scripting and container experience are required. Join a dynamic, cloud-first team and contribute to migration projects, DR planning and architecture governance.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS or similar qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years in cloud engineering with strong hands-on AWS and Azure administration experience.
• Working knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, networking, storage and security.
• Experience with hybrid cloud integration (Azure Arc, VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates) and with cloud DevOps pipelines.
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Windows and Linux server administration experience.
• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305) advantageous; AWS certifications advantageous.

Mansioni

• Design, deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Monitor performance, cost and security of cloud services, focusing on AWS.
• Implement and manage hybrid cloud connectivity and DR/backups.
• Manage identity, access and security policies; enforce governance best practices.
• Automate provisioning with Terraform, CloudFormation and other IaC tools.
• Document cloud architecture, standards and procedures; support migration projects.

Conoscenze

AWS administration

Azure administration

Terraform

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Windows server

Linux server

CI/CD pipelines

Security

Networking

Governance

Infra as Code

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree in IT/Computer Science

Strumenti

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

AWS

Azure

GCP

Descrizione del lavoro

Are you a results driven cloud professional with a passion for building secure, scalable infrastructure? Join our Infrastructure team as a Cloud Engineer in Plattekloof, where you'll design, implement and maintain Herotel's cloud environments across AWS, Azure and GCP.
This role is perfect for a hands on cloud specialist who thrives on solving complex infrastructure challenges and wants to play a key role in driving our cloud first strategy forward.

What you'll do:

• Design, deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure including virtual machines, networking, storage, containerized and platform services
• Monitor the performance, cost and security of all cloud services, with special focus on the AWS environment using cloud native tools and open source solutions
• Implement and manage hybrid cloud connectivity between on premises infrastructure and our hybrid clouds (AWS, Azure and GCP)
• Manage, monitor and routinely verify backups for cloud environments, with special focus on AWS services, ensuring recoverability
• Manage identity, access and security policies through governance and best practices
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc) where applicable
• Contribute to, maintain and document cloud architecture, standards and procedures
• Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery solutions with scheduled testing
• Maintain an up to date asset inventory, cost dashboard and incident register across all cloud environments
• Manage real time cloud incidents to minimise operational business impact and maximise service availability
• Deliver cloud migration and modernisation projects as directed by the Head of Infrastructure and IT Project Manager

What you'll need:

• A Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science or a similar qualification
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, with strong hands on AWS and Azure administration experience
• Working knowledge of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, networking, storage and security)
• Experience with hybrid cloud integration (Azure Arc, VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates)
• Experience with cloud DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, BASH or Python
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, Container Apps)
• Experience with Windows and Linux server administration
• Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ 104, AZ 305) advantageous
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate advantageous
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional advantageous
• The ability to work effectively in a multi disciplinary team or independently with minimal direction
• High energy, self motivation, flexibility and the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to non technical people

What we offer

• Exposure to a dynamic workplace
• A chance to grow your skills through our internal academy
• A friendly, team driven environment
• Group Risk Benefits
• Medical Benefits
• Health and Lifestyle Programmes

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