Cloud Engineer: Storage at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To implement and maintain the Nedbank private and hybrid cloud environments in line with Nedbank's Cloud Strategy  in order to optimise IT expenditure and deliver efficiencies through automation.

Job Responsibilities

Own the platform end-to-end including:

• Platform governance, platform lifecycle, strategic direction, deployment of new services and, platform availability and stability
• Work with the Cloud Solutions Architects to ensure that designs and blueprints incorporate best practises
• Approve all designs and blueprints specific to the platform domain
• Identify, prioritise, and implement platform improvement opportunities
• Responsible for the overall service definition and delivery
• Work across platform domains to coordinate and ensure that the platform is correctly integrated, implemented and monitored
• Engage and collaborate with Infrastructure Designers and Platform Owners to review and approve cloud template and patterns
• Conduct logical deployments of cloud configuration/s
• Automate cloud services
• Collaborate with Public Cloud Providers specifically around the integration and consumption of services
• Maintain and enhance cloud service offerings including portal and catalogue items
• Ensure all service offerings integrate into ITSM processes (includes infrastructure recoveries, management and delivery according to SLA)
• Responsible for capacity planning to ensure capacity exists at the right time with the right infrastructure
• Ensure that enterprise standards and IT governance standards are applied to the cloud infrastructure
• Report on the performance of the cloud infrastructure and recommend actions where required
• Act as a third level support to the cloud infrastructure operations team
• Advise and consult to project workgroups on all cloud related matters
• Ensure and maintain the stability and reliabitly of the cloud services
• Rightsize the infrastructure as and when required
• Execute deliverables in line with cloud stategy within agreed timeframes
• Keep certifications valid and up to date
• Keep up to date with current industry trends
• Support the achievement of the  business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise 
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.

Job Responsibilities Continue

Primary

• Develop, Build, Enhance and Support automation practises using Infrastructure as Code(Terraform, Chef, etc.) for Cloud Services in accordance Best Practises and Security Standards.
• Automated operational practises and process to low/self-service solutions.

Secondary

• Interacting with clients, providing cloud support, and making recommendations based on client needs.
• Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud technologies and initiatives.
• Provide, support and troubleshoot  Storage solutions in Cloud 
• Build storage solution 
• Monitor cost and performance

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• Relevant IT related Degree or Diploma 
• Azure and AWS Certification, Cloud Certification

Preferred Certifications

• Public Cloud Certifcation and Virtualisation certification (VMware preferable) 

Type of Exposure

• Achieved Management and Process Results
• Multiple operating systems. Application programmes; Operating systems; IT infrastructure and system analysis
• Project management
• Management and integration of tooling relegated to DevOps practices in a Cloud environment
• Working with diverse teams and people
• General IT operational experience
• Working with Microsoft applications to communicate information