Senior Cloud Engineer

e-Merge IT Recruitment; Sandton; In loco; ZAR 1.080.000 - 1.320.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

e-Merge IT Recruitment is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer for an internationally recognised management consulting firm based in Sandton. You will design, build, secure and scale production cloud environments on AWS, with international exposure and opportunities to push technical boundaries.

You will lead delivery in Agile teams, mentor peers and collaborate with stakeholders across diverse client engagements, travelling as needed while leveraging AI tooling for smarter engineering decisions.

Competenze

• 6+ years in cloud engineering with production AWS solutions.
• Strong IaC and scripting fundamentals.
• Git, CI/CD and Linux expertise.
• Hands-on AWS compute, storage, database and networking.
• Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) experience.
• Networking and hybrid cloud knowledge (VPC, VPN, Direct Connect).
• Security and compliance knowledge (IAM, Config, Security Hub).
• Experience leading Agile or Scrum teams.
• Excellent communication and ability to present complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to mentor and travel to clients as needed.
• Fluent use of AI tooling in engineering and discernment of AI-enabled value.

Conoscenze

Communication

Analytical skills

Mentoring

Travel willingness

Agile leadership

Presenting complex concepts

Formazione

Degree in computer science or engineering

Strumenti

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes / EKS

VPC / networking

Route 53

Direct Connect

Security Hub / IAM / Config

Descrizione del lavoro

You know your way around AWS, can automate just about anything and understand that building great cloud infrastructure takes more than spinning up a few services. An internationally recognised management consulting firm is looking for a seasoned Senior Cloud Engineer who knows how to design, build, secure and scale production cloud environments.

Expect exciting international exposure, complex cloud challenges, talented people to collaborate with and plenty of opportunities to keep learning, experimenting and pushing your technical boundaries.

If you are looking for more than just another cloud engineering role, this could be it! Bring your experience, share your ideas and be part of a team where great technology and great people come together

Requirements

• Degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent evidence
• 6+ years in cloud engineering, with production AWS solutions designed and delivered at scale
• Deep engineering fundamentals and expert scripting, Python preferred
• Strong infrastructure as code (Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation), Git, CI/CD and Linux
• Hands-on expertise across AWS compute, storage, database and networking services
• Strong Docker, Kubernetes/EKS and microservices experience
• Deep understanding of hybrid networking: VPC, subnets, VPN Gateway, Route 53 and Direct Connect
• Solid cloud security and compliance knowledge, using Security Hub, IAM and Config
• Experience leading delivery in Agile or Scrum teams
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, including presenting complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness to mentor, grow others and travel to clients when needed
• Fluent use of AI tooling in engineering, and the judgement to know where AI-enabled solutions add value and where they do not

Reference number for this position is MAT61585 which is a permanent position based in Sandton offering a cost to company salary of up to R1.2m negotiable on experience and ability.