Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer -Durban at Optimal Growth Technologies

Role Overview:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS services, cloud architecture best practices, automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC) methodologies.
• As a Senior AWS Engineer, you will be responsible for optimizing our cloud environment, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency, while leading infrastructure projects and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Architecture:
• Design highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, leveraging services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Deployment & Management:
• Deploy and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. Automate infrastructure deployment and scaling to meet business needs.
• Cloud Optimization:
• Monitor and optimize AWS environments for performance, cost efficiency, and security compliance.
• Identify and implement cost-saving strategies, including rightsizing instances and leveraging AWS cost management tools.
• Security & Compliance:
• Ensure security best practices are followed, including IAM roles, security groups, and encryption.
• Conduct regular security audits, vulnerability assessments, and compliance checks (e.g., SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Troubleshooting & Monitoring:
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Datadog to ensure system health and uptime.
• Collaboration & Leadership:
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to design and implement cloud-native solutions.
• Lead infrastructure projects, providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Disaster Recovery & Backup:
• Develop and implement disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity plans.
• Ensure backups and replication strategies are in place and regularly tested.
• Automation & CI/CD:
• Automate workflows using AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, and other automation tools.
• Work with DevOps teams to integrate AWS infrastructure into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).

Key Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with a strong focus on AWS cloud technologies.
• Extensive experience with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and CloudFormation/Terraform.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix administration and scripting (Bash, Python).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, or Chef).
• Strong knowledge of security best practices and AWS security services (KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK, Datadog).
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues and optimize cloud environments for performance and cost.
• Experience with disaster recovery strategies and implementation on AWS.
• AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) is preferred.