Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | AWS & Azure

Hire Far Out; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company medical aid

Provident fund contribution and risk

Gap cover

20 days annual leave

Job summary

Hire Far Out is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to strengthen the technology platform supporting global operations in South Africa. You will deploy, operate and optimise cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure and on‑premises environments, with additional exposure to GCP, in a hands‑on engineering role.

Reporting to the Senior Manager in Technology Services, you will implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, manage cross‑cloud networking, VMware vSphere and Hyper‑V migrations, and help

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive cloud infrastructure engineering and operations experience.
• Strong hands-on production experience across both AWS and Azure, including networking, identity, security and core compute and storage services.
• Production experience with Azure Virtual WAN, AWS Transit Gateway and cross-cloud connectivity such as site-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute or Direct Connect.
• Strong Terraform experience across Azure and AWS; exposure to CloudFormation or Bicep would be advantageous.
• Experience with VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, ideally including migration between hypervisors.
• Working knowledge of CIS benchmarks, SOX or ISO 27001.
• Strong scripting capability using PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Exposure to HPE SimpliVity or similar hyperconverged infrastructure would be advantageous.
• Flexibility for international travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate and optimise Azure and AWS infrastructure, including networking, identity, firewalls, compute and storage services.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform across Azure and AWS for repeatable and governed deployments.
• Deploy and support Azure Landing Zone resources, including Virtual WAN, networking, identity and security baselines.
• Manage AWS workloads including VPCs, Transit Gateway, IAM and security groups.
• Operate cross-cloud connectivity and integration patterns, including VPNs, federated identity, certificate-based authentication and secure cloud egress.
• Support the migration of virtualised workloads from VMware vSphere to Hyper-V across primary and disaster recovery environments.
• Implement and maintain cloud security baselines and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to support compliance requirements.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, IP address management and regional infrastructure rollouts across international operations.
• Investigate Tier 3 infrastructure incidents and maintain runbooks, technical documentation and architecture diagrams.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Cross-cloud connectivity

Networking

Security

Scripting

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

CloudFormation

Bicep

Job description

Build and modernise multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure and enterprise environments

High-impact global engineering role supporting complex infrastructure programmes across multiple international operations

Role Overview

Our client, a leading international agricultural commodities and logistics group, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to strengthen the technology platform supporting its global operations.

Reporting to a Senior Manager within Technology Services, you will deploy, operate and optimise infrastructure across AWS, Azure and on-premises environments, with additional exposure to GCP.

This is a hands-on engineering role covering cloud networking, Infrastructure as Code, cross-cloud connectivity, virtualisation, security and infrastructure modernisation within a complex international environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, operate and optimise Azure and AWS infrastructure, including networking, identity, firewalls, compute and storage services.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform across Azure and AWS for repeatable and governed deployments.
• Deploy and support Azure Landing Zone resources, including Virtual WAN, networking, identity and security baselines.
• Manage AWS workloads including VPCs, Transit Gateway, IAM and security groups.
• Operate cross-cloud connectivity and integration patterns, including VPNs, federated identity, certificate-based authentication and secure cloud egress.
• Support the migration of virtualised workloads from VMware vSphere to Microsoft Hyper-V across primary and disaster recovery environments.
• Implement and maintain cloud security baselines and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to support compliance requirements.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, IP address management and regional infrastructure rollouts across international operations.
• Investigate Tier 3 infrastructure incidents and maintain clear runbooks, technical documentation and architecture diagrams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive cloud infrastructure engineering and operations experience.
• Strong hands-on production experience across both AWS and Azure, including networking, identity, security and core compute and storage services.
• Production experience with Azure Virtual WAN, AWS Transit Gateway and cross-cloud connectivity such as site-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute or Direct Connect.
• Strong Terraform experience across Azure and AWS; exposure to CloudFormation or Bicep would be advantageous.
• Experience with VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, ideally including migration between hypervisors.
• Working knowledge of CIS benchmarks, SOX or ISO 27001.
• Strong scripting capability using PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Exposure to HPE SimpliVity or similar hyperconverged infrastructure would be advantageous.
• Flexibility for international travel as required.

Salary & Benefits

• R800,000 - R1,000,000 CTC per year
• Company-funded medical aid
• Provident fund contribution and risk cover
• Gap cover
• 20 days' annual leave, increasing with tenure