Senior Cloud Engineer - Umhlanga at BET Software

• You will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of cloud-native business applications running on orchestrated container platforms in a hybrid cloud environment. Information and security are critical for us and as a leader, you will manage platform security and remediation as a top priority. This includes vulnerability scans, assessments and patching.

You bring:

• Degree in Computer Science, business or a closely related area (BS in CS or EE, or equivalent) or relevant experience.
• Ability to make decisions to technically resolve business requirements.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting Cloud technologies and Linux systems including:
  • Container technologies: Docker, Podman, Crio, Containerd;
  • Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Openshift;
  • Storage technologies - block, object etc;
  • Integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.). 

What you’ll do:

• Work tightly with our customers, to understand, capture, and deliver their requirements.
• Design and build distributed systems.
• Be able to work with the Operator Framework.
• Have an interest in diving into OpenShift and ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation).
• Work with your fellow engineers and the community to serve our customers.
• Support the requests of the Production and Development Teams to solve any problems related to the container platforms.
• Develop and oversee the backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies.
• Maintain documentation for procedures, configurations and programs.
• Ensure systems adhere to NIST and departmental standards.
• Develop automation scripts using Ansible or equivalent.
• Maintain software repositories and apply software updates.
• Install, configure and maintain OpenShift environment.
• Maintain/Monitor (i.e. Prometheus) the health of the systems through both automated and manual processes.
• Linux integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.).
• Cloud computing in general (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.).
• Understand OS and application-level issues and advise on the next steps.
• Ability to communicate clearly and set the right expectations with all stakeholders.
• Applicable understanding of RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Understand infrastructure as code and the typical toolchains for implementing and maintaining these practices.