Cloud Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement and manage scalable cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on resilient, cost-effective solutions and tight integration with CI/CD processes.

The ideal candidate will have extensive AWS experience, DevOps mindset, and hands-on work with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes to support enterprise-scale data pipelines and secure cloud services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Infrastructure, Software Development, DevOps.
• 3+ years designing enterprise cloud infrastructure.
• 2+ years on AWS with hands-on platform experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure.
• Support and improve security and IAM across cloud environments.
• Lead automation of build, test and deployment workflows.

Skills

AWS

DevOps

CI/CD

Big Data

Cloud Networking

Cloud Security

Python

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT / Engineering

AWS Foundation / Cloud Certification

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

ELK

New Relic

Kafka

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

To act as a Cloud Engineer in a senior position to build out and maintain resilient, scalable, cost effective and high performing Cloud solutions that will assist the company to become the best in the world.

Qualifications and experience:

• 5+ years experience in Infrastructure, Software Development, DevOps
• 3+ years design and implementation of highly available, enterprise-scale Cloud infrastructure.
• 2+ years in AWS
• Introducing Cloud technology (start-up) in an environment process, principles etc.
• Design and hands on troubleshooting background on AWS Platform (Azure or GCP will be advantageous).
• Experience working in a DevOps environment.
• Experience developing and supporting infrastructure and Cloud capabilities for micro services-based architectures.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools.
• Experience with authentication and Authorization technologies and protocols (LDAP, Kerberos, AD, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML).
• Experience working with scripting and provisioning tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation or equivalent.
• Experience in a financial services or banking organisation
• Infrastructure security
• Experience in engineering data pipelines using Big Data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Storm, etc.
• Experience with ELK, New Relic or similar on Public Cloud Platforms.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working in a fast paced Agile/Scrum environment (Atlassian Stack).
• Certification in AWS Foundation or Cloud Computing
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - IT Engineering or Engineering - Other
• Design and deployment of highly available, enterprise-scale Cloud infrastructure.
• Advance knowledge of infrastructure concepts, technologies and patterns. (SDLC, IaC)
• Practical, working knowledge of:
• Developing and delivery systems on AWS Platforms (Azure or GCP will be advantageous).
• Supporting and enhancing build and release processes through automation using a combination of processes and existing tools.
• Understanding of Cloud Security technologies and best practices.
• Understanding of Networking in Cloud environments.
• Understanding of modern software engineering patterns, including those used in highly scalable, distributed, and resilient systems.
• Ability to deliver long-term, repeatable IaC solutions that incorporate directly into an overall CI/CD process.
• Knowledge of JSON templates, PowerShell, CLIs, Shell, Python.

Required skills:

• Analytical Skills
• Communications Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Computer Literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook)