Senior Cloud Network Engineer
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Job Description
About Us
G Adventures is the worlds largest smallgroup adventure travel company and weve been making epic travel memories happen on all seven continents for over 30 years.
Our mission is simple: to change lives through travel. And not just our travelers either. Since day one our tours have been built to establish meaningful relationships with local communities directly benefiting the people and places we visit at every step of our tours.
With the demand for travel coming back strong we are set up and excited for this next chapter in our companys story and wed love for you to be a part of it.
Our DNA revolves around building nurturing and developing a diverse culture of people and a true sense of belonging where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self to work each and every day. Youll have the opportunity to grow your career and yourself alongside a passionate talented and welcoming community that works hard to spread goodness around the world.
If all that sounds like your kind of thing well we cant wait for you to join us.
About the Role
G Adventures is on the hunt for a motivated and talented Senior Cloud and Network engineer. Our team is the conduit to all things tech and were here to solve problems. We are seeking an enthusiastic highly technical and serviceoriented person with mad computer skills who wants to change peoples lives. You will work closely with your manager team and other internal tech teams within the G Adventures. We are looking for someone who is not afraid of responsibility and ownership. You will look to learn develop and improve upon our processes and provide exemplary support for our global team at G Adventures.
You will have a dynamic approach towards your work and be willing to demonstrate increase and add to your current skill sets. You will be supported in your development by your manager team and through the various internal development programmes within G Adventures. You will be joining a peoplefirst team and organization G Adventuress tech teams have a fantastic reputation for getting things done developing individuals and encouraging and supporting growth.
Become a key player at one of the worlds top adventure tour operators. Launch exciting initiatives in a global company. We work hard. We work fast we love tech and we love to travel. Want to see more Head to our website to learn more about our global team of Travel Changers and how we love to give back through the Planeterra Foundation.
This is a hybrid role based out of South Africa where a minimum number of days as set by the region is required in the Cape Town office. Before you apply please consider whether this aligns to your location.
What Youll be Doing
Work closely with diverse teams within the Technology Department to design build and support and maintain operational cloud infrastructure.
Design and build processes to maximize system availability and ensure seamless service to our customers.
Automate cloud infrastructure setup and configuration
Proactively monitor software systems and infrastructure performance while continuously improving monitoring systems.
Quickly identify troubleshoot and solve technical issues that arise within environments
Document and communicate infrastructure changes to the Technology Team.
Contribute to improving our software release process
Assist software teams in building standardized infrastructure and development environments.
Be available for oncall support.
Own and contribute to building and maintaining our cloud strategy to ensure we stay up to date with new technologies.
Desired Skills & Experience
4 years experience performing similar accountabilities in your current role.
Azure Cloud Expertise: 3 years of handson experience with core Azure services including Azure Virtual Machines Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure Functions Azure App Services Azure Storage Azure Networking (VNet NSG Load Balancers ExpressRoute) Azure SQL and Azure Monitor.
AWS Familiarity: Experience with AWS services such as S3 ALB ECS RDS/Aurora ElastiCache Lambda etc. is required.
Strong background in Linux Server administration.
Monitoring & Logging: Handson experience with Azure Monitor Datadog AWS CloudWatch LogicMonitor and other observability tools
Database & Storage Management: Understanding of Azure SQL PostgreSQL MySQL and NoSQL databases including replication clustering and tuning.
Scripting & Development: Strong knowledge of PowerShell Bash and Python for automation and infrastructure management
Operating Systems & Web Infrastructure: Strong background in Linux server administration web hosting environments (Nginx uWSGI) message queues (SQS RabbitMQ) and caching systems (Redis Celery).
Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and configuration management.
Operational experience with one or more monitoring/logging tools such as Sentry Datadog and AWS Cloudwatch Logic Monitor
DevOps & CI/CD: Experience with CircleCI GitHub Actions or other CI/CD tools for automated deployments.
Containerization & Orchestration: Experience with Kubernetes Docker and containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and AWS ECS.
Networking Knowledge: Strong understanding of CDNs Routers Load Balancers Firewalls WAF VPNs DNS and networking in cloud environments. Experience setting up small branch offices with LAN WAN WiFi Cisco Meraki would be a plus.
Security Best Practices: Knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) security compliance threat detection encryption and logging across Azure and AWS.
Excellent Communication & Collaboration: Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Strong Project management and delivery skills
A strong work ethic able to work independently and as part of a team an excellent proactive approach and mindset is essential for this role.
What do we offer you
Competitive salary commensurate with the role
Competitive benefits package
Birthday day off
Vacation time for you to recharge
Enhanced Parental Leave
Learning and growth opportunities
Employee Resource Groups
*Applicable based on location*
G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
