Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior Based in Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg About the Role Are you a technically driven AWS specialist ready to move beyond just building cloud resources and into mastering the full cloud lifecycle? As aLevel 2 Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you are the frontline guardian of operational excellence. This role focuses on ensuring every client environment aligns with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. You will: Bridge the gap between infrastructure and proactive management Build and manage anActive Alerting ecosystem Integrate environments into PagerDuty and ConnectWise Ensure environments are secure, compliant, and resilient by design Run (Managed Services):Stability and optimisation Build (ProServe):Migrations and new feature delivery Key Responsibilities Managed Services & Proactive Operations (Run) Audit and align AWS environments to best practices Implement monitoring and alerting integrations (ITSM tools) Act as Level 2 escalation for incidents and root cause analysis Optimise cost, performance, and security ProServe & Build Engagements (Build) Deploy AWS workloads from solution designs Support scaling of client applications Assist with cloud migrations Governance & Continuous Improvement Maintain technical documentation Support compliance (e.g. ISO 27001) Ensure smooth transition from Build to Run Technical Expertise 3+ years AWS Cloud Engineering experience Strong experience across: EC2, ECS, Fargate, Lambda RDS, DynamoDB, S3 Cost optimisation tools (Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor) IAM and AWS Control Tower Advanced Linux administration (Ubuntu / Amazon Linux) Additional Technical Skills Hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, SD-WAN) Strong networking and security knowledge Automation & Infrastructure as Code Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell or NodeJS Terraform (primary IaC tool) CloudFormation Git-based version control DevOps & Release Management Clean coding and peer review practices SRE principles for reliability and observability Core Attributes Strong attention to detail Analytical problem-solving mindset High accountability and ownership Continuous learning mindset Highly Desirable Degree or Diploma in relevant field Linux and Windows server administration Exposure to data, AI, or machine learning Ideally based out of Johannesburg, Durban or Cape Town IaC:Terraform, CloudFormation Version Control:GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Scripting:Python, TypeScript, Bash, PowerShell ITSM:ConnectWise, Jira Security:Trend Vision One, Plerion Infrastructure Disclaimer Candidates should have broad AWS knowledge including: Containerisation (ECS, EKS, Fargate) Serverless (Lambda) Compute and networking (EC2, VPC, Direct Connect) #J-18808-Ljbffr