Cloud Engineer

Step into a Cloud Engineer role in Komatipoort and make your mark across Mpumalanga. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

About the Opportunity

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

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

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 Komatipoort.

Where You’ll Work

Importantly, 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 Komatipoort site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Practically speaking, 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 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.

Practically speaking, the Komatipoort 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.

Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Mpumalanga operations throw up the unexpected.

Core Functions

• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
• Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
• Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3

What You’ll Need

• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows

If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.