Intermediate Cloud Engineer/ Devops Engineer

Are you passionate about cloud technology, automation and building scalable, secure infrastructure solutions? Do you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and working with modern cloud platforms to deliver innovative solutions?
We are looking for a motivated and technically skilled Intermediate Cloud Engineer to join the team at Monocle. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced cloud professional who is eager to grow their expertise in AWS, infrastructure automation and cloud-native technologies while contributing to impactful client projects.
The successful candidate will play an important role in designing, implementing and maintaining cloud environments, with a strong focus on automation, security, scalability and continuous improvement.

Required skills and experience:

• A degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with practical hands-on AWS experience.
• Solid coding and scripting skills, preferably Python, for automation and tooling.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation, with an interest in developing clean, reusable modules.
• Familiarity with core AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora and Lambda.
• Understanding of AWS networking fundamentals, including VPC design, subnets, security groups, Route 53 and DNS.
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes/EKS and microservices architecture.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Awareness of cloud security principles, including IAM, least-privilege access, encryption and compliance fundamentals.
• Experience working within Agile or Scrum delivery teams.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with clients and team members.
• Willingness to travel to clients when required.
• Daily use of AI tooling within engineering workflows, together with an interest in building and running AI-enabled solutions.

Nice to have:

• AWS, HashiCorp or Kubernetes certifications, with Monocle supporting you in obtaining relevant professional certifications.
• Experience with cloud landing zones and multi-account AWS environments.
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure.

Reference number for this position is GZ61584 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg / Hybrid offering a cost to company salary of R800k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 10 Nov 13:43, Closing date 9 Jan