Senior Cloud Engineer

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Tower Group are currently seeking candidates for their open Senior Cloud Engineer position in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal through Go Job Search. Are you an experienced candidate looking to take up a Senior Cloud Engineer role such as with an industry leading company like Tower Group?

You will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of cloud-native business applications running on orchestrated container platforms in a hybrid cloud environment. Information and security are critical for us and as a leader, you will manage platform security and remediation as a top priority. This includes vulnerability scans, assessments and patching.Minimum requirements: Degree in Computer Science, business or a closely related area (BS in CS or EE, or equivalent) or relevant experience.Ability to make decisions to technically resolve business requirements. •Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting Cloud technologies and Linux systems including: Container technologies: Docker, Podman, Crio, Containerd; Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Openshift;Storage technologies – block, object etc; o Integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.). Description Work tightly with our customers, to understand, capture, and deliver their requirements. Design and build distributed systems. Be able to work with the Operator Framework. Have an interest in diving into OpenShift and ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation). Work with your fellow engineers and the community to serve our customers. Support the requests of the Production and Development Teams to solve any problems related to the container platforms. Develop and oversee the backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies. Maintain documentation for procedures, configurations and programs. Ensure systems adhere to NIST and departmental standards. Develop automation scripts using Ansible or equivalent. Maintain software repositories and apply software updates. Install, configure and maintain OpenShift environment. Maintain/Monitor (i.e. Prometheus) the health of the systems through both automated and manual processes. Linux integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.). Cloud computing in general (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.). Understand OS and application-level issues and advise on the next steps. Ability to communicate clearly and set the right expectations with all stakeholders. Applicable understanding of RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes. Understand infrastructure as code and the typical toolchains for implementing and maintaining these practices.

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