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Job Description
The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for managing and overseeing Old Mutual's cloud infrastructure, including designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based technologies, optimizing cloud usage and performance, and ensuring the security and availability of the cloud environment.This job will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide technical expertise, coaching and support for cloud-related initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Implementation of cloud architecture standards and principles
Define and implement cloud engineering patterns & standards
Automation - Development of automation systems to enable scale and speed. Removal of any manual processes within the cloud environment
Evaluation of cloud services
Identify PaaS and SaaS services for the Ecosystem
Define standards together with cloud architecture and security for usage of services and development of self-service capability for the identified service
Monitoring
Define monitoring and reporting requirements.
Implementation of monitoring for ecosystem.
Inclusion of monitoring practices for services and infrastructure automation
Continuous Improvement – Cost Optimisation, Performance Improvement, Capacity management
Liaise with vendors to drive the selection and procurement of cloud enabling technologies and services
Manage Networking of cloud environments
Ensure Recovery
Manage Infrastructure Availability and Resilience
Define and implement cloud policies
Manage governance and compliance for cloud
Incident Management for cloud environments
Management of OM Landing zones - Multicloud
Management of centralized platforms on cloud e.g EKS, ECS
Assessment of maturity of squad's cloud practice adoption and creation of plans and processes to improve maturity
Minimum Requirements:
A numerate Bachelor's Degree (e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering) with minimum or equivalent technical qualification .
5 years of professional experience.
Relevant cloud certification .
Technical Experience requirements:
- Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google
- DevOps
- Cloud Engineering and operations practices
- Problem solving and trouble shooting skills
- Infrastructure as code (Eg, Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Cloud security
- Cloud Networking
- Agile/SAFe
- Coding and scripting (Eg. Python, Bash, Powershell)
Skills
Adaptive Thinking, Change Management, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Computer Network Security, Cost Account Management, Cost Budgeting, Data Analysis, Data Collection Methods, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), IT Network Security, Performance Improvements, Project Integration Management, Project Life Cycle Management, System Architecture Analysis, System Requirements Analysis, Virtualization, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)Competencies
Education
NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalentClosing Date
21 February 2026 , 23:59The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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What We Do
Old Mutual Limited is a listed company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has secondary listings on the London, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe stock exchanges. As a Pan-African financial services company, we are focused on Africa, her needs and her people.
Together with you, we have educated our children, given more homes warmth and light, empowered small businesses and improved infrastructure in Africa. Our story will continue #WithAfricaForAfrica
