Senior Cloud/AWS Engineer

A fantastic opportunity for a senior cloud engineer to join a team of rock-solid cloud specialists developing the next generation of software systems for the business’s Group’s future driving machines.
Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering or computer science
At least eight+ years' worth of experience working with front-end technologies such as Java, Python and/or Ruby in an agile environment
OpenStack, Linux, Lambda, AWS, Amazon S3, Athena, EC2, ECS, EB, ELB, DMS and Redshift
Responsibilities:
Platform-as-a-Service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Public cloud, and related industry and technical concepts, as well as working knowledge of web application development platforms and related technologies
Experience in architecting and developing solutions for scalable, distributed systems.
Experience securing AWS based DevOps environments, including but not limited to security of different AWS services, secure design of VPC architectures
Experience defining technical security policies, requirements and designing controls to enforce those policies.
Good knowledge of the different AWS services
Specialised certificates:
AWS certificates with skill level “Professional” or “Specialty”
Reference number for this position is GZ45515 which is a long term contract position based in Midrand offering a contract rate of R500 to R750 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on garthz@e-merge.co.za or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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