Junior Cloud Engineer

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Description

The Junior Cloud Engineer supports Sanlam SFM IT in building, operating, and optimising AWS cloud platforms, while also contributing to application development, support, and documentation. Working under the guidance of the Lead: Cloud Platform Engineering, this role is hands-on and versatile: assisting with cloud infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and day-to-day operations, as well as maintaining and enhancing applications, services, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Operations & Support
• Assist in the daily monitoring and maintenance of AWS environments
• Support troubleshooting and incident resolution
• Participate in peer reviews of scripts, IaC templates, and code
• Application Development & Maintenance
• Assist in development tasks for new features and enhancements
• Help maintain existing applications and services, ensuring reliability and compliance
• Perform bug fixes and minor improvements as assigned
• Project Participation
• Support different IT projects across SFM when additional engineering capacity is needed
• Contribute to testing, deployment, and rollout activities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Cloud, Market Data, Applications)
• Documentation & Knowledge Management
• Maintain and update technical and operational documentation
• Create documentation in Confluence where gaps exist
• Ensure runbooks, playbooks, and procedures remain accurate and up to date

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda)
• Exposure to programming or scripting (Python, C#, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Familiarity with Linux/Windows server administration
• Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Preferred Exposure to CI/CD tools (GitHub)
• Knowledge of relational databases (Redshift, Postgres, SQL Server)
• Familiarity with Confluence or other documentation platforms
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or Associate-level certification

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