Cloud Engineer

Listing live now. We believe great workplaces are built on great people. We are looking for a Cloud Engineer in Kathu, and we encourage applicants from across Northern Cape to consider this opportunity.

What This Role Involves

The Cloud Engineer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Northern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Kathu and across the it jobs space.

Equally, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Cloud Engineer taking on this position.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Kathu teams, and the new Cloud Engineer will feel that from the first week.

Working in Kathu

Working in Kathu means a place along the N14 trade route, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Northern Cape region, and the Kathu office benefits from those long-standing connections.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Kathu.

Many candidates already living within reach of Kathu cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Northern Cape economy.

What We Offer

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Kathu contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the it jobs space in Northern Cape.

In addition, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Kathu keep progressing.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Northern Cape.

Core Functions

• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning

Who We’re Looking For

• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage

If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.