Cloud Engineer

REQ-07

• required for ISO 27001 and internal audit.

6. Cost Management & Optimisation

• Track and report spend across all cloud providers and hosting by workload and department.
• Monitor consumption against budget and alert on variance before it becomes material.
• Implement optimisation including rightsizing reserved instances and committed-use discounts storage tiering and decommissioning of unused resources.
• Compare the cost of running workloads in public cloud with independent providers and in co-location and recommend the most cost-effective placement.

7. Alignment Reporting & Escalation

• Align work to and execute the direction and strategy set by the IT Executive.
• Communicate progress and escalate issues and risks to the IT Executive through the Head of IT where appropriate promptly and transparently.

Qualifications :

REQ-07

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or national diploma in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Google Associate Cloud Engineer required; Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or Google Professional Cloud Architect advantageous.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 57 years infrastructure experience including at least 3 years engineering and operating public cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and working experience of Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience managing virtualised servers in data centres or co-location facilities alongside cloud environments.
• Experience implementing infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred for multi-cloud or Bicep).
• Experience designing and testing backup and disaster recovery for business-critical systems.
• Scripting ability (PowerShell Bash Azure CLI or gcloud).

Preferred

• Experience operating a multi-cloud environment including migrating workloads between providers.
• Experience with independent or regional cloud service providers and co-location facilities in South Africa.
• Experience with cloud cost management or FinOps practice.
• Experience in a regulated environment or exposure to ISO 27001 CIS or NIST controls.

Technical Competencies

• Microsoft Azure Compute Storage Networking & Entra ID
• Google Cloud Platform Compute Storage Networking & IAM
• Independent Cloud Service Providers & Co-located Hosting
• Server Virtualisation (VMware Hyper-V)
• Multi-Cloud Networking Firewalls & Private Interconnects
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Bicep)
• Workload Placement & Migration
• Backup Disaster Recovery & Cross-Provider Recovery
• Monitoring & Logging across Providers
• Cloud Security Posture (Azure Policy Defender for Cloud Security Command Center)
• Multi-Provider Cost Management & FinOps
• Scripting (PowerShell Bash Azure CLI gcloud)

Core Competencies

• Reliability Focus designs for failure and proves recoverability rather than assuming it.
• Commercial Judgement places workloads where cost performance and risk are best balanced.
• Security Awareness builds secure by default rather than remediating later.
• Problem Solving diagnoses infrastructure issues methodically across providers and under pressure.
• Ownership & Accountability owns the availability of the platforms the organisation depends upon.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Availability of services hosted across all cloud providers and co-located data centres against agreed service levels.
• Backup success rate and successful restore test results.
• Disaster recovery test outcomes against defined recovery time and recovery point objectives.
• Spend across all providers against budget and savings delivered through workload optimisation.
• Secure configuration and policy compliance across providers and remediation of findings.
• Delivery of workload migrations against plan.
• Proportion of infrastructure provisioned through code rather than manual configuration.

Regulatory Risk & Information Security Responsibilities

• Comply with POPIA in the handling of personal and special personal information including member health information and with the Cybercrimes Act reporting any suspected unlawful access or compromise without delay.
• Adhere to Kaelo information security policies and the frameworks the organisation aligns to including FSCA Joint Standard 2 of 2024 ISO/IEC 27001 the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Maintain the evidence required to support the ISMS and internal external and certification audits within the area of responsibility.
• Escalate security incidents control weaknesses and operational risks promptly and complete all mandatory compliance and awareness training.

Additional Information :

Personal Attributes

•       Accountability
•       Action orientated
•       Collaborative
•       Communication
•       Business writing skills
•       Manage complexity
•       Problem solving skills
•       Decision thinking
•       Encourages engagement
•       Resilient and adaptive
•       Resourceful
•       Demonstrates self-awareness
•       Purpose driven
•       Significance and values orientated

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time