Cloud Engineer

Infrastructure-as-code – As a Cloud Engineer, you’ll be responsible for working hands-on to create and develop automated, containerized cloud application platforms, and design and implement DevOps processes that use those platforms. To act as a subject matter expert for troubleshooting and resolving complex, multi-tier architecture problems that span a number of different platforms

This role reports to the Director of DevOps.

This position will be based in Cape Town post-Covid-19 and welcomes anyone who is interested in relocating.

What You’ll Do:

• Become familiar with technologies used on the squad
• Perform triage functionality through verification and fixing of bugs
• Collaborate with a distributed team to fulfill the department’s quarterly objectives
• Automate recurring manual tasks & optimize repetitive processes
• Develop code both independently and while pair programming
• Perform code reviews
• Research and prototype new technologies
• Write and maintain design, user, and test documentation
• Support software testing and quality assurance processes to ensure high-quality deliverables
• Develop, test, and maintain software for the Platform
• Build meaningful unit, functional, and integration level tests for the software built
• Respond to alerts, review error messages, and fix bugs in a timely manner
• Ability to assess, debug and resolve technical issues
• Approve pull requests
• Maintain build- and stage stability
• Review business needs, requirements, technical specifications

What You Have:

• Previous experience supporting cloud-based products (2 years)
• Object-oriented programming (2 years)
• Build tools development (2 years)
• Enterprise CI & VCS administration (2 years)
• DevOps tools awareness
• Scripting/programming

Benefits/Perks:

• Unlimited PTO policy
• Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognizing that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
• Training & Development
• Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund
• Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
• Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
• Internet Allowance
• Flexible work hours
• Casual work environment

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.