Cloud Engineer (Architect) | IT Recruitment

Full Time
Johannesburg
Posted 4 weeks ago

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree/diploma in technology or computer science
Azure/AWS Solutions Architect certification

Requirements:

7+ years of experience in software engineering and development in large enterprise systems with experience in at least one core development language (C#, ReactJS+Redux, Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.)
2+ Years in designing, building, and deploying solutions on public cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure)
A working knowledge of general IT tools and practices (Security, Networks, Load Balancing, Proxies, DNS, CDN, Caching, Databases, etc.)
Experience delivering software in a Scrum development process
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Strong communication skills, being able to translate technical jargon to less technical people
Experience and knowledge in CI/CD practices (Azure DevOps, Git, SVN, Gradle, Maven, Yarn, Bower, NPM, Jenkins, Bamboo, Gitlab, Bitbucket, etc.)
Experience in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and design patterns
Experience building solutions with a microservices architecture
Experience building solutions with DDD – Domain-Driven Design Principles
Experience building and maintaining solutions that include Event-Driven Architecture
Experience building and maintaining REST APIs
Experience with architecting, building, deploying, and scaling Docker applications
Cloud Infrastructure configuration management and automation experience (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Bicep, Terraform)

Responsibilities:

Architect, design and support the implementation and testing of technical solutions based on business requirements
Identify potential issues and integrate possible solutions
Serve as the Organisation technical subject matter expert and technical escalation resource across the various Teams.
Identify and assist in developing enhancement opportunities across the enterprise through innovation and automation
Enable faster and smarter business processes and implement analytics for meaningful results
Engage with management regularly, reporting on overall Platform status, activity, and achievements
Work in tandem with our engineering teams to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company
Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance in the cloud
Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies
Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design
Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines
Understanding the needs of Business stakeholders, converting this to technical solutions and conveying this to the Development Teams
Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes, supporting DevSecOps best practices
Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Working with Development Teams to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Being involved in project management decisions

Advantageous Competencies:

NoSQL database experience (Cassandra, DynamoDB, Couchbase, Mongo)
Messaging experience (Kafka, JMS, SQS, SNS)