QSSU ATL JUNIOR CLOUD ENGINEER

Kampala - Uganda

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 1-3years

Posted on: 07-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

1. Cloud Platform Deployment & Management

Core Services: Deploy and manage fundamental services across at least one major cloud provider (e.g. AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Infrastructure Management: Provision and maintain core cloud services including computer resources (VMs serverless) storage solutions (object block file) networking components and managed databases.

Access Control: Assist in the administration and auditing of Identity & Access Management (IAM) policies roles and users to enforce the principle of least privilege.

2. Cloud Networking & Security

Virtual Networking: Configure and manage virtual networking resources such as VPC/VNet environments subnets secure VPNs and internal/external load balancers.

Security Implementation: Implement network security measures using native cloud firewalls security groups/ACLs and contribute to designing environments based on zero-trust models.

Data Protection: Implement and manage data security practices including data encryption (at rest and in transit) and key management.

Compliance: Support efforts to ensure cloud environments comply with relevant frameworks (e.g. ISO GDPR HIPAA).

3. Operating Systems & Modernization

System Administration: Perform basic to intermediate administration and troubleshooting of both Linux (strongly preferred) and Windows operating systems within the cloud environment.

Containerization: Work with containers (Docker) and utilize cloud-native or open-source orchestration platforms (Kubernetes ECS AKS GKE) for application deployment.

Virtualization: Maintain foundational understanding of traditional virtualization technologies (VMware Hyper-V etc.) and their role in hybrid environments.

4. Scripting & Automation (DevOps)

Scripting: Write test and maintain scripts using languages such as Python Bash and PowerShell to automate repetitive operational tasks.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize IaC tools like Terraform AWS CloudFormation Ansible or Pulumi to provision modify and manage infrastructure in a predictable and repeatable manner.

CI/CD Support: Assist in building and maintaining CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI/CD GitHub Actions Azure DevOps) to automate application release and deployment processes.

Requirements

24 years of demonstrated experience in IT infrastructure system administration or cloud computing.

Proven hands-on experience with configuration and deployment in AWS Azure or GCP.

Practical experience with scripting for automation (Python Bash or PowerShell).

Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals and cloud security best practices.

Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies (Docker Kubernetes).

1. Cloud Platform Deployment & Management Core Services: Deploy and manage fundamental services across at least one major cloud provider (e.g. AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Infrastructure Management: Provision and maintain core cloud services including computer resources (VMs s...

1. Cloud Platform Deployment & Management

Core Services: Deploy and manage fundamental services across at least one major cloud provider (e.g. AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Infrastructure Management: Provision and maintain core cloud services including computer resources (VMs serverless) storage solutions (object block file) networking components and managed databases.

Access Control: Assist in the administration and auditing of Identity & Access Management (IAM) policies roles and users to enforce the principle of least privilege.

2. Cloud Networking & Security

Virtual Networking: Configure and manage virtual networking resources such as VPC/VNet environments subnets secure VPNs and internal/external load balancers.

Security Implementation: Implement network security measures using native cloud firewalls security groups/ACLs and contribute to designing environments based on zero-trust models.

Data Protection: Implement and manage data security practices including data encryption (at rest and in transit) and key management.

Compliance: Support efforts to ensure cloud environments comply with relevant frameworks (e.g. ISO GDPR HIPAA).

3. Operating Systems & Modernization

System Administration: Perform basic to intermediate administration and troubleshooting of both Linux (strongly preferred) and Windows operating systems within the cloud environment.

Containerization: Work with containers (Docker) and utilize cloud-native or open-source orchestration platforms (Kubernetes ECS AKS GKE) for application deployment.

Virtualization: Maintain foundational understanding of traditional virtualization technologies (VMware Hyper-V etc.) and their role in hybrid environments.

4. Scripting & Automation (DevOps)

Scripting: Write test and maintain scripts using languages such as Python Bash and PowerShell to automate repetitive operational tasks.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize IaC tools like Terraform AWS CloudFormation Ansible or Pulumi to provision modify and manage infrastructure in a predictable and repeatable manner.

CI/CD Support: Assist in building and maintaining CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI/CD GitHub Actions Azure DevOps) to automate application release and deployment processes.