Cloud Developers are essentially software engineers with a specialization in cloud computing. That means on top of development experience, Cloud Developers must have a solid understanding of cloud systems — not only how they operate, but how to deploy them securely, efficiently, and with little-to-no downtime.

The holder of the role will be responsible for the design, build and automation around deployment and infrastructure management. This includes Infrastructure as Code, automating configuration management, provisioning, patching, and cloud self-service portals.  He/ She will design, build tooling and infrastructure to drive adoption of best practices in resource utilization, organization, monitoring, and maintainability of existing and future public infrastructure deployments.

The role holder will develop and provide corresponding project documentation for handover to support team.

Infrastructure Automation

Automate infrastructure provisioning through Iac tools like Terraform and Cloud formation.

Configuration management

Automate infrastructure tasks e.g., OS patching by using tools like Ansible, Chef. Ensure these processes are automated for the other teams to re-use.

Cloud Management Platform

Build a Hybrid self-service cloud management platform. This should be a single plane platform for all infrastructure services.

Always on infrastructure

Ensure that our infrastructure is always on by implementing ML and AI in order to convert IT Ops to AI Ops

DevOps Tool Chain

Building and maintaining DevOps Tool chain for the infrastructure services e.g., Packer, Ansible Tower, Terraform Enterprise etc.

Documentation and process: 

• Keeping accurate current infrastructure database for static and dynamic capacities 
• Adhere to the existing processes in workflow management. 
• Process review and recommendation on process improvement
• Preparation of infrastructure projects, POC bid /RFQ documents and Evaluations. 
• Learn/research on new technologies/practices in the public cloud and infrastructure domain.
• Running of POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval
• Development of design principles to guide future deployment

Key performance indicators:

Modernize Cloud Services and DB Infrastructure with automated deployment capability

• Single plane Self-service for all infrastructure services
• Implementation if IaC for private and public cloud
• Build Hybrid Cloud orchestration platform.

Compliance with minimum baseline standards.

• Automate Systems patching
• 'Always On' IT Infrastructure
• Implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to convert IT Operations to AI OPS

Projects Implementation and Reporting

• Successful migrations, integration and implementation of IT systems.
• Production of ad-hoc exception reports and weekly system status reports.
• Accurate and timely weekly reports on tasks handled/assigned.

• At Least 3 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.

• 3 years software engineering experience using languages such as C++ ,pearl, Python, Ruby, Api programming and scripting.

• AWS and GCP Cloud knowledge and deployement
• Experience in working with IaC tools like Terraform & Cloud Formation. Configuration management tools like Ansible platform to automate various aspects of infrastructure configuration, provisioning, and management
• Experience in building DevOps pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket pipelines, Git Actions, Ansible, Terraform, Vagrant etc.
• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.
• Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.
• Great Stakeholder management skills

• Understanding of containerization technologies and platforms, specifically Kubernetes

• Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect certification
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Terraform Associate certification
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation
  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified
  • Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP
  • UNIX/Linux certification
  • VMware certification e.g., VCP
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Business Competencies:

• Working With Others
• Builds and maintains strong relationships and networks
• Identifies people’s needs, interests and motives to be able to influence the decisions they make
• Communicates simply to excite and engage people

Operational Excellence

• Targets effort and resources on high-value, high impact activity to meet the organisation misison .
• Focuses on achieving maximum performance and driving continuous improvement using agile ways of working.
• Thinks about processes and problems cross-functionally and end-to-end
• Uses knowledge of products, technology, process, systems and to solve problems

Creativity and Innovation

• Finds creative ways to exploit opportunities and solve problems
• Takes risks and pushes what is possible
• Experiments with unorthodox approaches

Business Know-how

• Gathers  data and research to make decisions that are competitively and financially robust  
• Balances current and future needs
• Thinks and acts like an owner of the business
• Acts in line with legal, regulatory, professional and ethical standards

Working With Change

• Responds flexibly to changing situations

Project and Programme Management

• Defines scope and deliverables in terms of time, cost, quality and business benefit
• Schedules activity and identifies resource needs, dependencies and synergies
• Evaluates progress, mitigates risks and addresses issues

Functional Competencies:

Architecture and Design

• Translates business and customer requirements into technology requirements
• Defines architecture and design of systems and solutions to meet current and future business needs

Service and solution development

• Develops systems, services and solutions to agreed specifications
• Deliver and support complex built-as-code infrastructure solutions
• Deliver and support complex built-as-code infrastructure solutions

Testing and Evaluation

• Defines test cases and acceptance criteria based on user requirements
• Reports and interprets test results  Assesses the effectiveness of tests and testing tools

Implementation and integration

• Installs, configures, integrates and optimises systems, services and solutions

System, Service and Information Security

• Implements best practice security measures to ensure the integrity and continuity of systems, services and information Monitors security compliance

Working with partners

• Works effectively with suppliers and partners to influence their plans and maximise value delivery from the relationship.

Optimization

• Automate to improve efficiency
• Self service champion
• Monitors systems and services to identify performance issues
• Diagnoses problems to clarify faults and recommend solutions
• Restores systems and services to normal operation
• Performs routine and non-routine maintenance to keep systems and services running
• Takes action to prevent and minimise the impact of incidents, and improve reliability

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role before 17th April 2023, clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below.

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