CLOUD ENGINEER IN SOUTH AFRICA

Are you a dynamic individual with a SysAdmin background? Are you looking to build and deliver the next generation of Cloud services? Join our Cloud Engineering team and learn more than you thought possible in a short space of time. Gain experience and certification through internal hands-on and external technical training where required. Company Overview RSAWEB is a vibrant, dynamic and high performance company with an amazing culture. We take pride in offering an exceptional and unique customer experience. As a recognised innovator in the ISP space, RSAWEB enjoys an enviable position as one of the first cloud-computing providers in South Africa coupled with a solid National MPLS network. The quality of both our products and our team has set us apart from our competition. RSAWEB is taking its cloud product to the next level by moving aggressively into the virtual Datacentre space. Combined with our well-established national and international network, RSAWEB has become a major competitor and disrupter in the industry. Overview of the Role The primary role encompasses responsibility for the Products underpinning our Cloud environments in our data centres in Cape Town, from R&D through to managing and maintaining our Cloud infrastructure.  You will become a Technical Lead within the team and expected to mentor and train other team members. You will be a part of our Cloud team and will report to our Cloud Engineering Manager. Although you will regularly work autonomously, you will be collaborating with third party vendors with regard to technical Product management, with Enterprise customers for major new business proposals, and internally with our Development, Networking and Helpdesk teams. Personal Attributes ·         Dynamic, logical person ·         Technology evangelist ·         Authoritative and independent ·         Customer-centric and good communicator Responsibilities ·         Driving new Cloud technology implementations and enhancements, from research, design, piloting and testing to live environment deployment, configuration, integration and documentation ·         Orchestration and automation of administration, management, monitoring and provisioning processes for our Cloud Products ·         Solution Design for Enterprise proposals ·         Escalation for resolving core Cloud support incidents Minimum requirements ·         Familiarity with Linux and Web Hosting (e.g. LAMP) ·         Experience in hosting environments, with particular expertise in SAN storage (preferably NetApp), and Virtualisation technologies and management (in particular VMWare vSphere/vCenter) preferred ·         Enterprise/Corporate Customer Service and/or SysAdmin experience ·         Familiarity with programming languages e.g. Python; and orchestration e.g. Salt, Chef