Cloud/Platform Engineer

SUMMARY:

Job Title: Cloud/Platform Engineer
Location: Johannesburg Northern Suburbs
Industry: Engineering Consulting
Type:   Permanent    / Environment: High-paced, client centric


About the Role
Our client, an Engineering Consulting firm, is seeking a technically skilled Cloud / Platform Engineer ( 0 - 3 years experience) to build, maintain and support the cloud infrastructure and data platforms that enable the company’s IoT monitoring and visualisation systems. The role involves monitoring data flows, maintaining platform configurations, generating operational reports, and diagnosing data or system issues across multiple data sources as well as setting up and hosting a robust system, managing storage pipelines, monitoring system performance, supporting automation and reporting workflows, and assisting with troubleshooting and operational improvements. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving ability, a structured approach to system reliability, and a passion for building stable, well-monitored technical environments. This position is well suited for someone who enjoys working behind the scenes to ensure systems operate reliably, securely, and efficiently.

POSITION INFO:
What you’ll be doing

• Maintain and administer the visualisation platform including user profiles, permissions, alarms and triggers.
• Design, develop and deploy monitoring systems.
• Cloud hosting of applications.
• Maintain and monitor cloud infrastructure supporting data pipelines and visualization platform.
• Configure and maintain sensor profiles including naming, IDs, GPS coordinates and graph scaling.
• Perform routine and ad-hoc dashboard health checks and data validation.
• Monitor data ingestion from sensors through blob storage to visualisation platform.
• Trace, diagnose and document data interruptions or inconsistencies.
• Generate custom reports using API-based data extraction.
• Run reports on demand and on scheduled intervals.
• Work with external developers and data providers to resolve platform issues
• Investigate, research, and apply appropriate AI-enabled tools and automation techniques to improve system monitoring, reporting, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency, while ensuring solutions are practical, secure, and aligned with business needs.
• Manage storage pipelines including blob storage ingestion and retrieval.
• Monitor performance, uptime, costs and capacity.
• Maintain backup and recovery processes.
• Support visualization platform configuration and operations.
• Automate monitoring and reporting workflows.
• Build and maintain data validation pipelines.
• Maintain logs, diagnostics and audit trails.
• Implement security and access control standards.
• Support backend reporting systems and APIs.
• Produce SLA, uptime and operational reports.
• Provide technical root cause analysis for incidents.
• Support continuous improvement of platform reliability.
• Good knowledge of Azure, AWS, Docker, Github and related

What you’ll need

• Diploma or Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
• 0-3 years relevant experience
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Linux system administration.
• Experience with APIs and data handling.
• Experience with reporting systems or dashboards.
• SQL and basic scripting (Python, JavaScript or related).
• Automation scripting.
• API-based systems and data pipelines.
• Protocols such as HTTP/S, MQTT.
• Cloud services
• Python, C++, C# or related coding languages.
• SQL
• REST APIs
• JSON and CSV handling
• Dashboard platforms
• Data validation techniques
• Monitoring and logging tools
• Storage systems
• Automation frameworks
• Familiarity with modern automation, scripting, or AI-assisted tools used for data analysis, monitoring, reporting, or operational workflows.

What is in it for you?

• Market-related remuneration commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Cost to company remuneration, including provident fund benefit
• Based in Linbro Park, Johannesburg.
• Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm OR Monday to Friday 7am to 4pm

A Few Things to Know

The succesful candidate, will meet all the above requirements and will be:

• Structured and methodical.
• Highly detail oriented.
• Curious and open to new technologies, with a strong interest in exploring practical AI and automation tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Willing to continuously learn, adapt, and evolve technical approaches as new tools, platforms, and industry best practices emerge.
• Strong troubleshooting ability.
• Strong documentation discipline.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong ownership mentality.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.

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