Hybrid Cloud & DevOps Engineer | AWS, IaC & Automation

e-Merge IT Recruitment; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Monocle in Johannesburg is seeking an Intermediate Cloud Engineer to design, implement and maintain scalable, secure cloud environments across AWS. You will focus on automation, security and continuous improvement while supporting client projects in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires 3+ years in cloud engineering, strong Python scripting, and hands-on AWS with IaC (Terraform/CDK/CloudFormation). Travel to clients may be needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of cloud engineering experience with hands-on AWS.
• Strong coding and scripting skills, preferably Python.
• Experience with IaC (Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation) and reusable modules.
• Familiarity with EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora and Lambda.
• Understanding of AWS networking fundamentals (VPC design, subnets, security groups, Route 53).
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes/EKS and microservices architecture.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Awareness of cloud security principles (IAM, least-privilege, encryption).
• Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
• Willingness to travel to clients when required.
• Daily use of AI tooling within engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain cloud environments with a focus on automation and security.
• Collaborate with clients and teams to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of cloud-native architectures.

Skills

AWS

Python

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

S3

Job description

Monocle in Johannesburg is seeking an Intermediate Cloud Engineer to design, implement and maintain scalable, secure cloud environments across AWS. You will focus on automation, security and continuous improvement while supporting client projects in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires 3+ years in cloud engineering, strong Python scripting, and hands-on AWS with IaC (Terraform/CDK/CloudFormation). Travel to clients may be needed.