Cloud Engineer at Salt South Africa

Summary of Role:

• We are seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure solutions that are secure, scalable, and reliable. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, strong automation skills, and a solid understanding of cloud-native applications.

Cloud Security

• Familiarity with AWS Security Services as well as security guard rails
• Familiarity with Azure Security Services
• Basic knowledge of Governance and Compliance
• Knowledge of AWS multi-account structure environment
• Knowledge on cloud application of industry security frameworks (NIST, CIS)
• Cloud engineering abilities (build solutions using IAC templates)
• Coding/Scripting abilities
• Evaluate Cloud security services/tools
• Cloud architecture and secure designs
• Curation of secure cloud services
• Familiarity with CSPM, CNAPP, eg. Prisma, Cortex, Defender for Cloud etc

Devops

• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Expert knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker) and microservices.
• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Observability).
• Development of guardrails and standards
• Development “DevSecOps” practices, managing IAM roles, secrets management solutions, and cloud security compliance.
• Familiarity with GitHub, GitLab, Azure Devops, etc
• Understanding of SAST, DAST, SCA
• Familiarity with OWASP, CIS, NIST, Mitre

Qualifications

• Matric and a Tertiary Qualification
• 8 Years experience in a similar role