Cloud Engineer

Posted recently. An opportunity has arisen for a Cloud Engineer in Kempton Park. Suitably qualified candidates from across Gauteng are invited to apply.

What This Role Involves

This Cloud Engineer role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Kempton Park. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the it jobs pipeline across Gauteng.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the it jobs team in Gauteng make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

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 Kempton Park teams, and the new Cloud Engineer will feel that from the first week.

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

Why This Role

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Kempton Park colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the it jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Kempton Park teams.

Crucially, 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 Kempton Park 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 Gauteng.

Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Kempton Park.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Kempton Park.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Gauteng.

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.

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

Beyond that, the Kempton Park 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.

Beyond that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.

Working in Kempton Park

Notably, the role is based in Kempton Park, near the Midrand technology hub. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Kempton Park and the broader Gauteng region.

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

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Kempton Park, Gauteng.

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 Kempton Park.

Your Workplace

Notably, 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.

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

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

Crucially, 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.

Key Outputs

• Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts

Essential Criteria

• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.