Cloud Technical Specialist

2 weeks ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Continent8 Full time

Cloud Technical Specialist


As part of our continued expansion, we are on the lookout for a Cloud Technical Specialist (IC3-G6) to join our Systems Operations Private Cloud team based in South Africa.


The successful individual will join the Global team currently spread across Europe & North America in the implementation and support of Cloud Services for external customers.


Performing as a member of the cloud hosting team to support the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, recovery, modification, and upgrading of Continent 8 Cloud platforms and components to provide services that enable the systems to be highly available.


The Role

As a Cloud Technical Specialist, you'll be responsibilities for:

  • Architecture assessments
  • Design of AWS and Azure platform Solutions
  • Producing reusable, efficient, and scalable programs, and also costeffective migration strategies
  • Developing and designing New Cloud Products
  • Identifying and improving tasks and projects to develop existing cloud environments
  • Leading and managing deployments of cloud infrastructure for new and existing customers
  • Ensuring operations of existing internal and external cloud solutions
  • Establishing, developing, and improving existing processes
  • AWS environment assessments and design improvement
  • Planning, implementation, and growth of the AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Building, releasing, and managing the configuration of all production systems
  • Managing a continuous integration and deployment methodology for serverbased technologies
  • Working alongside architecture and engineering teams to design and implement any scalable software services
  • Ensuring necessary system security by using best in class cloud security solutions
  • Staying current with new technology options and vendor products, evaluating which ones would be a good fit for the company
  • Implementing continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines when necessary
  • Recommending process and architecture improvements
  • Overseeing preproduction acceptance testing to ensure the high quality of a company's services and products
  • Technical documentation and KB upkeep
  • Designing and developing web environments on AWS, which includes working with services like EC2, ELB, RDS, and S
  • Maintaining standard operating procedures
  • Capacity reporting and maintenance
  • Driving operational efficiency
  • Creating internal project to improve process or operations
  • Working on projects with a team
  • Ensuring time recorded for all work
  • Working selfpaced internal projects
  • Delivering to work allocated by project team
  • Scripting and automation
  • Afterhours support
  • Self-Study and training
  • Completion of a certification per year and multiple courses
  • Build data solutions

This is a Technical Hands-On Engineering Role requiring the following Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

  • 5 years + leveraging AWS, Azure or GCP platform services in a hands-on capacity
  • 3 years + Architecture
  • 3 years + Development
  • 3 5 years Virtualization
  • 5 years MS or Linux support
  • Good scripting capability (Python, YAML, Ansible, PowerShell, bash or Terraform)
  • Ability to do technical documentation
  • Worked on large complex Cloud projects

Attributes:

Adaptably Resilient:

  • Adapts to change, is open to new ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities.
  • Able to handle pressure and can effectively adjusts plans to meet changing needs/ demands.
  • Changes his/her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstance.
  • Adapts behavior to maintain cooperative relationships with others.
  • Thinks through implications of changes.
  • Puts an effort to treat people in a way that makes them feel comfortable and respected.
  • Accepts changes to tasks, plans, and procedures.
  • Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.

Collaborative Relationships:

  • Should be able to work with other senior staff to deploy and maintain the production environments.
  • Is an honest and dependable team player who contributes to group collaboration and consensual decision making.
  • Builds and maintains good working relationships with others, while displaying empathy and respect for others.
  • Actively participates in team meetings and activities.
  • Encourages and facilitates team cooperation and participation.
  • Shows enthusiasm towards being a member of the group.
  • Supports team decisions. Honors team commitments and deadlines.

Communicates:

  • Shares information. Listens and involves others. Clearly conveys ideas in a manner that engages others and helps them understand and retain the message.
  • Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner and delivers information in a manner that is interesting and compelling to the audience.
  • Tailors message to fit the interests and needs of the audience.
  • Able to relate to a variety of different audience members.

Decision-making Quality

  • Makes confident, timely, factba

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