Senior Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join Titan Wealth's innovative team as a Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)! You will lead the architecture and implementation of Azure cloud environments, ensuring secure, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, establish cloud best practices, and mentor junior team members. This role demands expertise in Azure services, IaC, CI/CD, and security. We offer a flexible remote work environment, competitive salary and benefits, including a training budget and performance-related bonuses. Titan Wealth is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles, with a strong focus on Azure
• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, including Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, Azure SQL, Azure Networking, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Proven experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python for automation
• Deep understanding of identity and access management in Azure using Azure AD, role-based access control (RBAC), and Managed Identities
• Strong experience in monitoring, alerting, and observability using tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and integrations with platforms like Datadog or Prometheus/Grafana
• Solid grasp of networking principles in cloud environments, including VNETs, NSGs, Application Gateways, and Private Endpoints
• Knowledge of cloud security principles, encryption, compliance frameworks, and implementing secure cloud architectures
• Familiarity with container orchestration and microservices architecture, especially AKS and Docker
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup strategies, and cost optimization in cloud environments

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure using Azure services
• Lead cloud architecture and platform decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business goals
• Build and maintain reusable infrastructure patterns and blueprints to streamline deployments across environments
• Automate deployment and configuration tasks using IaC, scripts, and DevOps pipelines
• Integrate security and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines to support a shift-left approach to DevSecOps
• Ensure that cloud environments meet regulatory and security standards, implementing policies, controls, and audit practices
• Stay up to date on emerging security threats and implement strategies to mitigate them
• Define, implement, and monitor KPIs such as system uptime, deployment success rates, and cost efficiency
• Continuously analyze and optimize cloud performance, availability, and costs
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, DevOps, security, and product teams to deliver cloud infrastructure that supports application goals
• Support high-availability environments for critical workloads and participate in incident response processes as needed
• Provide guidance and technical leadership to cloud and DevOps engineers
• Champion cloud best practices, technical excellence, and a culture of learning and experimentation
• Maintain high-quality documentation for cloud architecture, workflows, and operating procedures
• Contribute to defining and evolving internal cloud governance and architectural standards

Preferred Qualifications

Terraform Associate, AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals, AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate, AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate, AZ-700: Azure Network Engineer Associate, AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Benefits

• Flexible working environment with remote work as the focus, we use Workshop 17 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town as a co-working location when face-to-face would be beneficial to the team
• We believe in a healthy work/life balance, especially with the shift to a remote work focus. We encourage our team members to take time off, refocus, and reenergize and that a healthy separation from work can be maintained
• We have an open, trusting, empowering, friendly and importantly informal and relaxed environment. Your ideas and experience could contribute to shaping how we work, what we work on and help us continually drive innovation and improvement
• Competitive salary – we keep up with the latest market trends and strive to pay competitively
• Competitive holiday leave – 20+ days’ annual leave (earn an extra day for every year worked, up to 3 extra days)
• Performance-related discretionary annual bonus
• Retirement, Risk, and Medical-Aid contribution – we will contribute to a medical aid of your choosing
• Training budget allowance for further study or attending conferences, including paid days off to study