Snr AWS/Databricks Engineer

Indsafri; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Indsafri India Private Limited is seeking an experienced AWS Networking professional in South Africa to manage and enhance AWS VPCs while ensuring secure connectivity to enterprise networks. Candidates should have a minimum of 6 years of experience, particularly in AWS networking and enterprise cloud operations. This role emphasizes incident response, stakeholder management, and clear documentation of processes. Join us to drive operational stability and enhance our cloud capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with VPC design/operations and routing.
• Experience operating within a regulated/enterprise environment.
• Ability to diagnose reachability issues across complex boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain AWS VPC with proper security and performance.
• Troubleshoot and support connectivity between Databricks AWS VPC and bank network.
• Design and implement VPC endpoints for secure AWS service access.

Skills

AWS networking

Enterprise cloud operations

Connectivity troubleshooting

AWS service access patterns

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• AWS VPC ownership (Databricks VPC): administer and maintain subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, NAT/Internet egress patterns (as applicable), and network segmentation to meet performance and security requirements.
• Connectivity to the bank / enterprise network: troubleshoot and support end-to-end connectivity between the Databricks AWS VPC (IRE) and the bank network across cross‑region/cross‑account boundaries; coordinate and drive changes with the Bank Cloud team where required.
• Private access to AWS services: Design, implement, and operate VPC endpoints and related routing/DNS patterns to enable secure access to services such as S3 while reducing reliance on public internet paths.
• S3 data access enablement (with security controls): Partner with platform/security teams to ensure Databricks workloads can reliably read/write required S3 data using appropriate IAM roles/policies and encryption controls; support diagnosis of access failures that present as platform incidents.
• Operational support & reliability: Provide production support for the platform connectivity layer (incident response, RCA, preventative actions), maintain runbooks and reference diagrams, and implement improvements to reduce repeat incidents.
• Cross‑team change management: Raise, manage, and chase change requests with the Bank Cloud team for items outside the Databricks VPC boundary; translate technical needs into clear implementation requirements and validate changes end‑to‑end.

Background and experience required:

• Years of Experience
• Industry Experience: 6+ years of industry experience

Must‑have Skills (Mandatory Skills):

• Include minimum years of experience required per skill
• AWS networking: strong hands‑on experience with VPC design/operations, routing, security groups/NACLs, and network troubleshooting in production. 5+ years
• Enterprise cloud operations: experience operating within a regulated/enterprise environment with change management, auditability, and strict security controls. 3+ years
• Connectivity troubleshooting: ability to diagnose reachability issues across complex boundaries (cross‑account/cross‑region, enterprise network perimeters) and drive resolution across multiple teams. 5+ years
• AWS service access patterns: experience enabling secure access to services like S3 (and related IAM policy patterns) in a way that supports production workloads. 5+ years
• Stakeholder management: proven ability to liaise with a central cloud/network team, raise and drive changes, and communicate clearly during incidents. 3+ years

Beneficial Skills (Desired Skills):

• Databricks on AWS experience: understanding of Databricks workspace architecture and its connectivity constraints (data plane/control plane concepts, typical network dependencies).
• Private connectivity patterns: experience with private endpoint patterns and enterprise connectivity services (e.g., endpoint‑based access, centralized routing constructs).
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform/CloudFormation experience for repeatable, audited changes (nice‑to‑have).
• Security tooling and monitoring: exposure to logging/monitoring approaches used for network and cloud operations.

Ways of Working

• Owns outcomes end‑to‑end (hands‑on fixes inside the VPC; drives changes outside the boundary through the Bank Cloud team).
• Strong operational mindset prioritizes stability, clear communication, and measurable prevention of repeat incidents.
• Documents and standardizes runbooks, network diagrams, and repeatable change patterns.

Skill/Experience/Education

Mandatory Skills AWS networking, Enterprise cloud operations, Connectivity troubleshooting, AWS service access patterns, Stakeholder management, Databricks on AWS experience

Desired Skills:

Skill Matrix

Skills

Stakeholder Management AWS networking Enterprise cloud operations Databricks on AWS experience AWS service access patterns Connectivity troubleshooting