Cloud Engineer at Absa

Job Summary

Apply platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to produce well-organised, optimised and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features & components of the service & solves complex technical problems with high quality solutions.

Job Description

The Specialised Engineering team within the Chief Technology Office is looking for Cloud Engineers who can approach a problem with a novel approach and implement in an automated way.

Information on the team:

• The Specialised Engineering team designs and develops tactical and strategic solutions to solve problems common across multiple areas.

• The team actively evaluates and provides architectural guidance for Cloud based infrastructure, as well as hands on implementation of the environments.

• Providing consultancy and help to teams designing, developing and releasing solutions to Cloud based infrastructure.

Main responsibilities of the role:

• Providing consultancy and hands-on help to development teams designing, developing and releasing solutions to Cloud based infrastructure

• Provide hands-on support resolving issues with Cloud based infrastructure

• Advise on best practice when designing and implementing Cloud based solutions

Requirements:

• Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, Python, Atlassian stack

• Good communication skills and command of English

• Knowledge and practical experience in one or more of AWS, Azure or other Cloud solutions

• Desire and willingness to learn about multiple cloud technologies 

• Good knowledge of Linux or Windows systems administration

• Good knowledge of fault tolerant applications, infrastructure and application security, networks

• Knowledge or desire to learn about technologies such as Elastic search, EMR, Containers

• Ability to interact with senior internal and external parties independently and cooperatively

• Flexible and creative problem solver

• Ability to solve business challenges with code

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised