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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
- At least 3 years of AWS experience
- Hands-on expertise with Amazon Connect deployment, configuration, and integration
- Experience building solution architectures
- Experience working in Financial Services
- Scripting skills using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Expertise with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or Bamboo
- Strong understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure, including VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Proficiency with Git and Agile DevOps practices
- Familiarity with Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
- Knowledge of PCI DSS, POPIA, GDPR, or similar security and compliance frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification
- AWS AI/Machine Learning Specialty certification
- AWS Advanced Networking, Security, or SysOps certification
- Familiarity with customer engagement and workforce management technologies
- Exposure to Azure or GCP
What We Do
BlueSky is an award-winning, ambitious and independent cloud, digital and AI technology agency. We partner with leading technologies including Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, Alteryx, Tableau, Snowflake and DataBricks. We’ve got the tools to help you build a business for the future. Our services include the full set of digital, cloud and AI disciplines required to drive your digital transformation. The sky’s the limit when you think without limits. At BlueSky, we thrive on agility and a culture of curiosity. It’s a mindset that pushes us to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions that drive efficiency, effectiveness & growth for our clients. We have vast experience in delivering emerging technology using start-up thinking and agile delivery methodologies applying flexible, iterative solutions that achieve business value. We guide our clients through every phase of digital and AI transformation from strategy definition and roadmap design to implementation and post go-live managed services. We believe emerging technology offers the opportunity to leap forwards towards growth and innovation. We ensure innovation leads to actionable outcomes and measurable returns.
