Senior Cloud Engineer - Hybrid, Certifications & Growth

Placements24; Rustenburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Hybrid work model

Training & certifications

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Placements24 in Rustenburg is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will drive secure, reliable environments and optimize cloud resources while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, CI/CD automation, cost monitoring, and security best practices. Hybrid work model in the North West province offers flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in cloud engineering and infra management.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and core services.
• Scripting: Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms.
• Develop and maintain IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.
• Monitor resource usage, performance, and costs; optimize where needed.
• Enforce cloud security best practices and access controls.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Placements24 in Rustenburg is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will drive secure, reliable environments and optimize cloud resources while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, CI/CD automation, cost monitoring, and security best practices. Hybrid work model in the North West province offers flexibility.