Cloud Engineer II

Capitec Bank Ltd.; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Capitec Bank Ltd. in Stellenbosch is seeking a Cloud Engineer II with a strong networking foundation to design, deploy and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS. You will join the Cloud Core Engineering team and contribute hands-on to complex deployments, security, and scalable platforms used by millions of clients.

This role emphasizes traditional networking integrated with cloud engineering. You will work without direct reports, focusing on technical depth, operational excellence, and ongoing

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in cloud computing across more than one platform.
• Experience with cloud networking and security practices.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and architectures.
• Experience with AWS; Azure or GCP advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy cloud solutions aligned with security and governance.
• Maintain and improve secure, cost-effective infrastructure.
• Act as cloud engineering SME and influence decisions.
• Drive innovation, process improvements and automation.

Skills

Networking knowledge

Cloud networking

Traditional network design

Identity protocols

Connectivity troubleshooting

Complex networks

Education

Grade 12 National Certificate

Bachelors in IT/CS

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Networking Focus

Build and secure the networks everything runs on

At Capitec, we design, deploy and maintain resilient, scalable, cost-effective and high-performing cloud-native solutions that support our ambition to become the best bank in the world.

This role sits at the point where our cloud platform meets the network it runs on. We are looking for a Cloud Engineer II with a strong networking foundation — someone who understands traditional networking, cloud networking, security and complex infrastructure environments.

This is not a general cloud role. We need someone who came up through traditional networking, or has worked deeply with networking alongside cloud engineering. You should be able to reason about how packets move, how systems connect, and how secure, scalable infrastructure operates beyond the cloud console.

About the team

You will join our Cloud Core Engineering team, the specialist group responsible for the foundational cloud infrastructure that the rest of the organisation builds on.

The team manages the core AWS platform and networking layer, supporting systems used by millions of clients every day. The role has no direct reports, so the focus is on technical depth, engineering excellence and hands‑on contribution.

What you will do

Design and deploy cloud solutions

You will design and deploy cloud solutions in line with information security and governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, high availability principles, scalability and capacity planning.

This includes:

• Creating detailed planning and implementation documentation.
• Documenting designs, specifications and operational procedures.
• Carrying out complex deployments.
• Liaising with stakeholders to plan and deliver work.
• Supporting knowledge transfer to operational and support teams.

Maintain and improve infrastructure

You will help ensure our infrastructure remains secure, stable, cost-effective and reliable.

This includes:

• Automating deployments and testing.
• Following standard operating procedures and documentation requirements.
• Maintaining compliance with internal, industry and regulatory security standards.
• Managing configuration standards for new deployments.
• Tracking costs, usage, constraints and risks.
• Supporting monitoring, alerting and availability.
• Providing third-level support for critical infrastructure issues.

Act as a cloud engineering subject matter expert

You will work closely with internal teams, clients, suppliers and partners, contributing technical expertise and helping teams make strong engineering decisions.

This includes:

• Influencing technical decisions.
• Supporting collaboration across teams.
• Contributing knowledge on cloud engineering trends and best practices.
• Helping cloud engineering resources align to business workload.

Drive innovation and continuous improvement

You will play an active role in improving how we work.

This includes:

• Coaching and being coached.
• Building your technical knowledge in ways that benefit the business.
• Suggesting process, coding and automation improvements.
• Contributing to Communities of Practice.
• Keeping the knowledge base and engineering procedures current.

What you need — networking experience

The networking requirement for this role is essential.

We are looking for real, demonstrable depth in networking, including:

• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, network architecture and network security.
• Practical experience with public and hybrid cloud networking.
• Understanding of how traditional network design principles translate into cloud environments.
• Hands‑on experience with authentication and authorisation protocols such as:
  • LDAP
  • Kerberos
  • Active Directory
  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • SAML
• The ability to troubleshoot connectivity issues from first principles.
• Experience working with complex networking environments, ideally including:
  • Routing
  • Switching
  • Firewalls
  • VPNs
  • VPCs
  • Transit Gateways
  • Direct Connect / DX
  • Hybrid connectivity
  • Network segmentation
  • Network security controls

What you need — cloud and platform experience

You should also bring strong cloud and platform engineering experience, including:

• A deep understanding of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
• Hands‑on experience designing, deploying and managing solutions on AWS.
• Azure or GCP experience would be advantageous.
• Cloud‑native solution design using APIs, containers, Kubernetes and service mesh.
• Experience introducing cloud technology into an environment from scratch.
• Design and troubleshooting experience on AWS.
• Experience developing and supporting infrastructure for microservices‑based architectures.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices.
• Comfort with virtualisation technologies such as VMware, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting and provisioning experience with tools such as:
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • CloudFormation
  • Equivalent infrastructure automation tools
• 3+ years’ experience in cloud computing, ideally across more than one platform.

Why this role is different

This is a technical role with real impact.

You will work on infrastructure that supports multiple engineering teams and services used by millions of clients. Your decisions will influence how teams connect, scale and secure their services.

This role offers:

• Complex multi-account and multi-region cloud architecture.
• High‑impact networking and cloud infrastructure challenges.
• Collaboration with skilled technical teams.
• Continuous learning and growth.
• The opportunity to help build foundational infrastructure that matters

Education (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology - Computer Science

Additional Information

• Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.

Capitec Bank is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 46669) and registered credit provider (NCRCP13). Capitec Bank Limited Reg. No: 1980/003695/06