Cloud Engineer II

About the Role

At Capitec, we design, deploy and maintain resilient, scalable, cost-effective and high-performing cloud-native solutions that support our ambition to become the best bank in the world.

Responsibilities

• This role sits at the point where our cloud platform meets the network it runs on. We are looking for a Cloud Engineer II with a strong networking foundation
• someone who understands traditional networking, cloud networking, security and complex infrastructure environments.
• You will join our Cloud Core Engineering team, the specialist group responsible for the foundational cloud infrastructure that the rest of the organisation builds on.
• The team manages the core AWS platform and networking layer, supporting systems used by millions of clients every day. The role has no direct reports, so the focus is on technical depth, engineering excellence and hands-on contribution.
• You will design and deploy cloud solutions in line with information security and governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, high availability principles, scalability and capacity planning.
• This includes:
• Creating detailed planning and implementation documentation.
• Documenting designs, specifications and operational procedures.
• Preparing handover documentation.
• Carrying out complex deployments.
• Liaising with stakeholders to plan and deliver work.
• Supporting knowledge transfer to operational and support teams.
• You will help ensure our infrastructure remains secure, stable, cost-effective and reliable.
• Automating deployments and testing.
• Following standard operating procedures and documentation requirements.
• Maintaining compliance with internal, industry and regulatory security standards.
• Managing configuration standards for new deployments.
• Tracking costs, usage, constraints and risks.
• Supporting monitoring, alerting and availability.
• Providing third-level support for critical infrastructure issues.
• You will work closely with internal teams, clients, suppliers and partners, contributing technical expertise and helping teams make strong engineering decisions.
• Influencing technical decisions.
• Supporting collaboration across teams.
• Contributing knowledge on cloud engineering trends and best practices.
• Helping cloud engineering resources align to business workload.
• You will play an active role in improving how we work.
• Coaching and being coached.
• Building your technical knowledge in ways that benefit the business.
• Suggesting process, coding and automation improvements.
• Contributing to Communities of Practice.
• Keeping the knowledge base and engineering procedures current.

Requirements

• We are looking for real, demonstrable depth in networking, including:
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, network architecture and network security.
• Practical experience with public and hybrid cloud networking.
• Understanding of how traditional network design principles translate into cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with authentication and authorisation protocols such as: LDAP Kerberos Active Directory OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect SAML
• The ability to troubleshoot connectivity issues from first principles.
• Experience working with complex networking environments, ideally including: Routing Switching Firewalls VPNs VPCs Transit Gateways Direct Connect / DX Hybrid connectivity Network segmentation Network security controls
• A deep understanding of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying and managing solutions on AWS.
• Cloud-native solution design using APIs, containers, Kubernetes and service mesh.
• Experience introducing cloud technology into an environment from scratch.
• Design and troubleshooting experience on AWS.
• Experience developing and supporting infrastructure for microservices-based architectures.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices.
• Comfort with virtualisation technologies such as VMware, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting and provisioning experience with tools such as: Terraform Ansible CloudFormation Equivalent infrastructure automation tools
• 3+ years’ experience in cloud computing, ideally across more than one platform.
• This is a technical role with real impact.
• You will work on infrastructure that supports multiple engineering teams and services used by millions of clients. Your decisions will influence how teams connect, scale and secure their services.
• This role offers:
• Complex multi-account and multi-region cloud architecture.
• High-impact networking and cloud infrastructure challenges.
• A strong engineering culture.
• Collaboration with skilled technical teams.
• Continuous learning and growth.
• The opportunity to help build foundational infrastructure that matters
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology - Computer Science
• Clear criminal and credit record

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure or GCP experience would be advantageous.