Senior Cloud / SRE Engineer

LexisNexis; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal technology is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support and improve various software and data platforms. The role requires strong technical skills in cloud services, scripting, and infrastructure management. You'll work collaboratively to implement best practices and mentor junior staff, all while enjoying flexible working hours and a commitment to work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Qualifications

• Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS.
• Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Responsibilities

• Writing and reviewing documentation for platform management.
• Completing complex bug fixes and root-cause investigations.
• Mentoring less-established colleagues.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Interpersonal Skills

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

This engineering position will be supporting and improving multiple software / data platforms in many ways. With differing levels of maturity, the platforms all need different things, be it: implementing IAC; updating architecture to best practices; helping understand performance issues and other opportunities to improve. This exciting role will challenge even the most capable of Cloud Engineers and will require candidates that have the strongest technical and interpersonal skills to be successful.

Requirements

• Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

• Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

• Strong knowledge of cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Functions).

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM/BICEP).

• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell).

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Coralogix, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).

Responsibilities

• Writing and reviewing documentation for the management, improvement, and support of platforms/assets.

• Completing complex bug fixes and root-cause investigations.

• Working closely with development and platform teams to understand requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions.

• Implementing infrastructure management and deployment best practices, including code/solution reviews.

• Operating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.

• Resolving complex technical issues with high-quality solutions.

• Mentoring less-established colleagues, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.

• Proactively propose solutions to improve and grow the organization.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services.

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