Description PayInc is a purpose‑driven payments provider building on over 50 years of trusted history in South Africa’s payments ecosystem. Our mission is to connect people, businesses and economies through secure, efficient and inclusive digital payments infrastructure, and to be a catalyst for financial inclusion and economic growth. PayInc provides the backbone that enables money to move safely across the economy via payment streams such as EFT, Card and PaySharp. At our core we exist to make great connections, empower participation, enable growth and ensure no one is left behind. Purpose The Senior Cloud Engineer plays a pivotal role in solutioning, designing, implementing and optimising our cloud and hosted infrastructure to empower the organisation’s continuous digital transformation. This role contributes toward the scalability, security and reliability of our cloud‑based services, enabling agility, rapid innovation and driving efficiencies within the cloud infrastructure that underpins mission‑critical payment clearing platforms. Key focus areas include SLA100, regulatory compliance such as PCI, operational excellence, and cost‑efficient infrastructure while enabling innovation through automation, infrastructure‑as‑code and modern cloud engineering practices across multi‑cloud environments. You will engage with the following stakeholders Internal Application owners and product teams ICT management IT Operations, Security and IT Governance teams Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCOE) Enterprise governance structures such as but not limited to the Change Advisory Board (CAB), IT Compliance and Audit teams External Financial industry participants such as banks and non‑bank institutions Cloud service providers and technology vendors Regulatory authorities and industry compliance bodies Potential customers and payment ecosystem participants Strategic suppliers and vendors involved in project delivery, support and maintenance Your key responsibilities include Provide expert support across core PayInc hosting platforms, demonstrating innovative thinking and translating this into design, solutions or working practice improvements within the technical domain. Actively contribute to the design and deployment of scalable, highly available and fault‑tolerant platforms for hosting PayInc services. Collaborate with architecture teams to implement approved infrastructure patterns and solutions. Support governance bodies with technical insight and infrastructure risk considerations. Vet all technical requirements and details for new ventures, technical design changes and functional specifications within the Cloud Compute domain and provide infrastructure expertise and guidance to Cloud Engineers. Engineer highly available and fault‑tolerant hosting platforms and landing zones capable of supporting critical payments infrastructure, ensuring build alignment with enterprise architecture, governance standards and PayInc IT strategy. Collaborate with internal and external teams to understand requirements and provide secure, fault‑tolerant and scalable solutions through resilient architecture that adheres to industry controls and best practices. Support application and other technical teams in adopting cloud‑native design patterns and deployment approaches. Identify automation opportunities and drive the automation of infrastructure operations, configuration and deployment processes using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation or other tools. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks to standardise infrastructure provisioning and version control. Evaluate and propose enhancements to IaC tooling, repository structures and lifecycle management practices to increase consistency and reduce operational risk. Contribute to the multi‑cloud platform strategy and enablement, identifying and enabling solutions that support interoperability across cloud providers. Monitor system performance and proactively optimise resources, proposing architectural improvements that balance performance, resilience and cost efficiency. Identify cost‑effective technologies and architectural approaches for hosting and scaling PayInc hosting platforms. Contribute to FinOps initiatives to improve financial visibility and cloud spend optimisation. Drive the Compute team’s process of defining standardised infrastructure blueprints for consistent platform deployment. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to multi‑cloud infrastructure, participate in incident response and problem management, and assist other technical areas in root‑cause analysis. Stay updated with emerging technology trends and assess their applicability to PayInc’s infrastructure needs. Maintain strict compliance with financial industry regulations and security standards, processes, policies and procedures. Ensure infrastructure alignment with industry security requirements and internal security policies. Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of cloud standards, policies, processes and procedures, including code management standards, security and compliance frameworks, PCI alignment, architectural governance and cloud operational processes. Maintain SLA100 operational readiness through proactive monitoring, alerting and infrastructure resilience. Drive audit readiness by maintaining traceable and documented infrastructure configurations. Participate in security reviews, vulnerability management and drive remediation activities. Create documentation and provide guidance to internal teams on cloud best practices and usage. Qualifications / Knowledge Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following fields:Computer Science Information Technology Information Systems IT engineering or a related discipline AWS Certifications (Strongly Preferred):AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty AWS Certified Security – Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Multi‑Cloud architecture certifications or equivalent experience Infrastructure as Code & DevOps Certifications (Advantageous):HashiCorp Terraform Certification Kubernetes Certifications (CKA / CKAD) Docker certifications Git or DevOps platform certifications Experience Minimum 5 years’ experience in senior cloud engineering roles covering:Cloud infrastructure support Cloud platform configuration Cloud architecture design Platform deployment and build engineering Minimum 3 years’ experience in a technical leadership role, guiding engineers and supporting platform engineering initiatives Minimum 1 year of working experience in multi‑cloud environments, with exposure to Microsoft Azure and other cloud providers considered advantageous Demonstrated experience in:Cloud platform architecture and deployment Infrastructure scalability and performance optimisation Designing highly available and fault‑tolerant systems Implementing DevOps and automation practices Managing infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code Strong hands‑on experience with technologies such as:Amazon EKS / Kubernetes Docker container platforms Serverless architectures Amazon RDS and database platform services Virtual networking and secure connectivity OpenStack environments High‑availability and distributed systems Terraform Git‑based repository management Configuration management and automation frameworks; cloud design and implementation knowledge across domains, including policies, frameworks and standards Understanding of networking technologies and virtual networks Cloud security knowledge: compliance standards and best practices #J-18808-Ljbffr