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.