Lead Product Engineer

Crayon Technologies (Pty) Ltd; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm seeks a Lead Product Engineer in Durban to design and implement AWS infrastructure solutions. This role involves automating infrastructure provisioning and enhancing cloud performance. Candidates should have over 5 years of cloud engineering experience, strong AWS knowledge, and a background in scripting. A bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering with a focus on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the design and implementation of AWS infrastructure solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Enhance performance of cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud Engineering experience

AWS Services knowledge

Infrastructure as Code expertise

Scripting proficiency

Containerization familiarity

Networking and security understanding

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

ECS

EKS

Job description

Overview

How you'll role As the Lead Product Engineer, you will spearhead the design and implementation of cutting-edge AWS infrastructure solutions. Your role will be pivotal in automating infrastructure provisioning, enhancing cloud environments' performance.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering with a focus on AWS
• Strong knowledge of core AWS Services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch
• Expertise with IaC tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Bash
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, EKS) and orchestration
• Deep understanding of networking, security best practices, and cloud architecture principles
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field