Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

BlueSky’s AWS Business Unit is seeking a driven and skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in building scalable, secure, and automated cloud infrastructure. You will play a critical role in architecting and implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment strategies for enterprise clients.

A strong track record in Amazon Connect implementation, Solution Architectures and experience working in Financial Services is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines for complex, scalable AWS-hosted environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Implement and manage Amazon Connect solutions for contact centre transformation.
• Deploy and orchestrate containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot deployment issues, and optimize infrastructure across dev, test, and production environments.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, and business analysts across agile delivery teams.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices including security scanning, secrets management, and compliance automation.
• Guide and mentor junior team members and contribute to continuous learning culture.
• Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and performance tuning activities.
• Contribute to and lead aspects of solution architecture, ensuring alignment with client requirements, best practices, and AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and observability using AWS-native tools (e.g., CloudWatch, X-Ray, GuardDuty).

Essential Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering, with at least 3 years focused on AWS.
• Hands-on expertise with Amazon Connect deployment, configuration, and integration.
• Solid scripting skills using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Expertise with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or Bamboo.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (VPCs, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, etc.).
• Proficiency with version control (Git) and Agile DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
• Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks relevant to FSI, Retail, and Telco sectors (e.g., PCI DSS, POPIA, GDPR).

Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• AWS Certifications highly preferred:
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
  • AWS AI / Machine Learning - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking / Security / SysOps
• Familiarity with customer engagement and workforce management technologies.
• Exposure to other public clouds (Azure, GCP) beneficial.

Soft Skills & Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong documentation, planning, and communication abilities.
• Analytical thinker with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing consulting environment.
• Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent.

Why Join BlueSky AWS Business Unit?

• Be part of a leading AWS Premier Partner in Africa delivering mission-critical solutions across industries.
• Work on cutting-edge AWS technologies including AI/ML, analytics, and contact centre modernization.
• Flexible hybrid work environment with continuous training and certification support.
• Opportunity to shape digital transformation journeys across enterprise clients.