Lead Product Engineer

Paracon; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Pretoria is seeking an experienced Senior Product Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, with expertise in AWS services and IaC tools like Terraform. This role involves optimizing performance and security, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering with a focus on AWS.
• Expertise with IaC tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust AWS infrastructure solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools.
• Monitor and optimize cloud environments for performance and cost.

Skills

Cloud Engineering experience

AWS core services

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise

Scripting languages proficiency

Containerization knowledge

Networking and security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Professional AWS Certification

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Jenkins

Datadog

Job description

We're looking for an experienced and driven Senior Product Engineer to take the lead in designing, implementing, and maintaining our next-generation, scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This is a critical role for a technical leader who is passionate about best practices, optimization, and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing robust, enterprise-level AWS infrastructure solutions.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning from the ground up using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing cloud environments for both performance and cost-efficiency.
• Enforcing security and compliance through meticulous IAM policies, encryption, and auditing controls.
• Collaborating closely with development and DevOps teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines.
• Leading incident response and mentoring junior engineers in cloud best practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering with a primary focus on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS Services (e.g., 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 overall cloud architecture principles.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional).
• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, etc.).
• Exposure to advanced monitoring and logging tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK stack).