Cloud Engineer

Bring your skills as a Cloud Engineer to Mahikeng and join a team that moves fast. This North West role is one to watch.

About This Position

The organisation is investing in its Mahikeng operation, and this Cloud Engineer position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the it jobs function and contribute to the wider North West business.

Beyond that, the role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Mahikeng operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.

Practically speaking, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Mahikeng also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the it jobs group in Mahikeng.

Career Growth

This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the it jobs team in Mahikeng have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Mahikeng have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across North West.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Mahikeng team member.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Where You’ll Work

On top of that, the environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Mahikeng site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

In addition, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in North West. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Working in Mahikeng

Working in Mahikeng means a place near the Hartbeespoort tourism node, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the North West region, and the Mahikeng office benefits from those long-standing connections.

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

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 Mahikeng.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Mahikeng, North West.

A Typical Day

Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.

Equally, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West operations throw up the unexpected.

Importantly, the Mahikeng office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Mahikeng.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback

Essential Criteria

• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices
• Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA
• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable

In addition, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.