Cloud Engineer

iLaunch; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

iLaunch is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our permanent team in South Africa. The role focuses on migrating and building cloud-native solutions, with strong emphasis on security and cloud competency. You will work with DevOps teams across AWS and Azure.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in software engineering, 3 years architecting cloud solutions, and certifications at Professional/Expert level. Kubernetes and ECS experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Cloud Certification (Professional/Expert Level) required.
• 5+ years experience in software engineering.
• 3 years architecting and building cloud solutions.
• Experience with Kubernetes, ECS and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Assist DevOps teams to migrate existing applications to the Cloud and build new cloud-native solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and build out services for a specific set of business IT customers.
• Interact with the full breadth of cloud services with emphasis on security.
• Assist in establishing a market leading cloud competency

Education

Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent

Grade 12 / Matric

Tools

Kubernetes

ECS

Serverless

Containers

Job description

Leading Financial Services Client requires a Cloud Engineer to join their dynamic team on a permanent basis.

Responsibilities

• Assist DevOps teams to take their existing applications to the Cloud and build new solutions using cloud native technologies
• Provide technical leadership and build out services for a specific set of business IT customers
• Interact with the full breadth of cloud services with value placed on security competence
• Assist in establishing a market leading cloud competency
  Experience working with AWS and Azure

Requirements

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent
• Cloud Certification (Professional/Expert Level)
  5+ years experience in software engineering
• 3 years architecting and building cloud solutions
• Container Orchestration Platforms (Kubernetes, ECS) and Cloud technologies (Serverless, Containers, etc.)