Cloud Engineer

About the job:

Responsible for cloud-related activities such as provisioning and configuration cloud resources based on technical architectures and according to security requirements. Assess cloud infrastructure requirements and prepare and rehearse build-up runbooks, and execute runbook activities together with the project team. Follows the principles of well-architecture frameworks across all cloud deployments.

Job Requirements:

• Create technical documents, diagrams, how-to guides, and other deliverables.
• Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure
• Analyse existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements
• Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions
• Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments
• Develop and implement policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss
• Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernized
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations
• Use cloud configuration technologies to manage and deploy cloud services. Technologies include: CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor site stability, deployments, performance via event logging and metrics (experience with monitoring services like Azure Log Analytics and Elasticsearch)
• Interpersonal Skills: Effective communication, adept at understanding and creating technical documentation. Team-oriented with a friendly approach, capable of meeting project deadlines.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.
• Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company's success.
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Good time-management skills.
• Assist team members in identifying and troubleshooting software defects.
• Team player. Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 5 to 9 years’ experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure operations, supporting mission-critical/high-availability systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch), high availability, and disaster recovery design.
• Experience with multiple cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud) is a plus.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), CI/CD pipelines, and optionally containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience managing Certification Authority (CA) and cloud networking (TCP/IP, routing, firewall); system administration on Linux/Windows.
• Familiarity with monitoring and log analysis tools (Dynatrace, Grafana).
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer) preferred.
• Knowledge of AIX/Unix, IBM Middleware, or third-party software (e.g., IBM WebSphere MQ/WebSphere, Solace, Cognos, Control-M, Fivetran) is advantageous.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills; able to work under pressure in production environments.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder coordination, and collaboration skills; proactive and self-driven with strong ownership.
• Willingness to support after-hours operations, including deployments, maintenance, and incident response.