Cloud Engineer

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms, automation, security best practices, and modern DevOps methodologies. Engineers must work in an agile, collaborative environment, ensuring seamless integration of security into development workflows and infrastructure operations.

**Responsibilities**:

- Take ownership of end-to-end infrastructure and security solutions across the organization.
- Deploy and manage monitoring tools to track infrastructure performance, utilization, and health.
- Implement configuration management systems for business continuity and automate disaster recovery measures.
- Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines, incorporating streamlined change management and release processes.
- Develop scripts and automation tools to support software build, integration, and deployment across development and production environments.
- Automate the configuration management of development, quality assurance, and production workloads.
- Design, build, optimize, and monitor automation systems to identify bottlenecks and maximize service availability.
- Implement security practices that comply with industry standards to protect the organization’s data and infrastructure.
- Plan, implement, and monitor system security architecture, including threat and risk assessments.
- Perform security checks, such as vulnerability assessments and system hardening, and troubleshoot security incidents.
- To assist the company in setting up cloud environments in AWS and Azure for Web Applications that are to be deployed in client environments.

**Requirements**:

- Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, or related disciplines. Passion for automation, standardization, and best practices in infrastructure and security.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Delivery (CD).
- Experience working with high availability, high performance, and high-security multi-data centre systems and hybrid cloud environments.
- Proficiency in at least three programming/scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go).
- Experience with Git and modern branching workflows.
- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Experience with automated provisioning tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Vagrant).
- Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (KVM, VMware, Hyper-V).
- Strong understanding of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) tools (Prometheus, Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, Gatekeeper, Crossplane).
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring and observability tools.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools (GitLab, Jenkins, BitBucket, ArgoCD).
- Experience with disaster recovery planning, system backup, and restore processes.
- Knowledge of RPM-based software packaging and deployment.
- Hands-on experience with security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and system hardening.
- Familiarity with enterprise security tools (HashiCorp Vault, ElasticSearch Enterprise, Tenable, HP Fortify, Sonatype Nexus IQ, AWS security services).
- Strong understanding of network infrastructure, including firewalls, subnets, routing, and access controls.
- Experience performing security assessments in government or highly regulated environments.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $5,000.00 - $10,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Gym membership
- Health insurance
- Professional development
- Work from home

Work Location: In person