Cloud Engineer

In brief

**Overview** This is a Cloud Engineer role at Kaelo, focused on the engineering, operation, cost management, and security of multi-cloud public environments and co-located infrastructure, ensuring alignment with IT strategy and regulatory compliance. **What you will do** * Track and report spend across all cloud providers and hosting by workload and department. * Monitor consumption against budget and alert on variance before it becomes material. * Implement optimisation, including rightsizing, reserved instances and committed-use discounts, storage tiering and decommissioning of unused resources. * Compare the cost of running workloads in public cloud, with independent providers and in co-location, and recommend the most cost-effective placement. * Align work to, and execute, the direction and strategy set by the IT Executive. * Communicate progress and escalate issues and risks to the IT Executive, through the Head of IT where appropriate, promptly and transparently. * Comply with POPIA in the handling of personal and special personal information, including member health information, and with the Cybercrimes Act, reporting any suspected unlawful access or compromise without delay. * Adhere to Kaelo information security policies and the frameworks the organisation aligns to, including FSCA Joint Standard 2 of 2024, ISO/IEC 27001, the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. * Maintain the evidence required to support the ISMS and internal, external and certification audits within the area of responsibility. * Escalate security incidents, control weaknesses and operational risks promptly, and complete all mandatory compliance and awareness training. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualifications**: * Bachelor’s degree or national diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field. * Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Google Associate Cloud Engineer required. * **Experience (Essential)**: * Minimum 5–7 years’ infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years engineering and operating public cloud environments. * Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and working experience of Google Cloud Platform. * Experience managing virtualised servers in data centres or co-location facilities alongside cloud environments. * Experience implementing infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred for multi-cloud, or Bicep). * Experience designing and testing backup and disaster recovery for business-critical systems. * Scripting ability (PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI or gcloud). * **Technical Competencies**: * Microsoft Azure — Compute, Storage, Networking & Entra ID * Google Cloud Platform — Compute, Storage, Networking & IAM * Independent Cloud Service Providers & Co-located Hosting * Server Virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V) * Multi-Cloud Networking, Firewalls & Private Interconnects * Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) * Workload Placement & Migration * Backup, Disaster Recovery & Cross-Provider Recovery * Monitoring & Logging across Providers * Cloud Security Posture (Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Security Command Center) * Multi-Provider Cost Management & FinOps * Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI, gcloud) * **Core Competencies**: * Reliability Focus * Commercial Judgement * Security Awareness * Problem Solving * Ownership & Accountability **Who should apply** An experienced cloud professional with essential qualifications and experience in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, who is also proficient in infrastructure as code and designing/testing backup and disaster recovery. The ideal candidate will also have advantageous experience in operating multi-cloud environments, including workload migration, working with independent or regional cloud service providers in South Africa, cloud cost management/FinOps practices, and experience in regulated environments (or exposure to ISO 27001, CIS, NIST controls). An Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification would be advantageous. Candidates should demonstrate a focus on reliability, commercial judgement, security awareness, problem-solving abilities, and ownership/accountability. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/cloud-engineer-kaelo Source: myjobmag

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• At least 5 years of experience.

• Azure
• Google Cloud

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