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AWS Developer / Engineer at Absa South Africa
Absa South Africa
October 1, 2026
Full-time
On-site
Job Summary
Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using best practices and well-architected principles.
Build scalable and highly available environments using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront.
Implement networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, VPNs, and Direct Connect.
Support hybrid and multi-account AWS environments.
Coding & Automation Responsibilities
The AWS Cloud Engineer is expected to perform engineering-focused coding in support of cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability. This role does not involve application feature development.
Scope of Coding
Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
AWS CloudFormation
Terraform
AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python)
Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to:
Provision and configure AWS resources
Automate operational tasks and housekeeping
Support account baselining and governance controls
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for:
Infrastructure deployment
Configuration management
Controlled environment promotion
Create reusable modules, templates, and libraries to standardise cloud environments.
Coding Standards & Practices
Follow version control best practices (Git-based workflows).
Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code.
Implement peer reviews and testing for infrastructure code.
Ensure security, compliance, and least-privilege principles are embedded in code
Security & Governance
Implement AWS security best practices including IAM roles and policies, least-privilege access, encryption, and key management.
Enforce governance controls using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs, and account baselining.
Support compliance requirements (e.g. audit readiness, logging, monitoring, and access controls).
Work closely with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities and risks.
Operations & Reliability
Monitor system performance, availability, and cost using CloudWatch, AWS Config, and third-party monitoring tools.
Troubleshoot incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
Participate in on-call or operational support rotations where required.
Cost Management & Optimization
Monitor and optimize AWS usage and costs using cost allocation tags, budgets, and cost-explorer tools.
Recommend right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, and architectural improvements to reduce spend.
Provide cost transparency and reporting to stakeholders.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with application teams, DevOps, security, and architecture teams.
Provide cloud engineering support to developers and solution architects.
Contribute to cloud standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
Produce clear documentation and knowledge-sharing material.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Solid understanding of:
Compute (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda)
Networking (VPC, routing, load balancers, DNS)
Storage (S3, EBS, EFS)
Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK).
Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems.
Scripting experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline).
Cloud & Engineering Concepts
Strong understanding of cloud security principles.
Knowledge of high-availability, scalability, and fault-tolerant design.
Experience supporting production environments.
Understanding of DevOps and SRE practices.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
End Date: October 3, 2026
Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using best practices and well-architected principles.
Build scalable and highly available environments using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront.
Implement networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, VPNs, and Direct Connect.
Support hybrid and multi-account AWS environments.
Coding & Automation Responsibilities
The AWS Cloud Engineer is expected to perform engineering-focused coding in support of cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability. This role does not involve application feature development.
Scope of Coding
Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
AWS CloudFormation
Terraform
AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python)
Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to:
Provision and configure AWS resources
Automate operational tasks and housekeeping
Support account baselining and governance controls
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for:
Infrastructure deployment
Configuration management
Controlled environment promotion
Create reusable modules, templates, and libraries to standardise cloud environments.
Coding Standards & Practices
Follow version control best practices (Git-based workflows).
Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code.
Implement peer reviews and testing for infrastructure code.
Ensure security, compliance, and least-privilege principles are embedded in code
Security & Governance
Implement AWS security best practices including IAM roles and policies, least-privilege access, encryption, and key management.
Enforce governance controls using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs, and account baselining.
Support compliance requirements (e.g. audit readiness, logging, monitoring, and access controls).
Work closely with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities and risks.
Operations & Reliability
Monitor system performance, availability, and cost using CloudWatch, AWS Config, and third-party monitoring tools.
Troubleshoot incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
Participate in on-call or operational support rotations where required.
Cost Management & Optimization
Monitor and optimize AWS usage and costs using cost allocation tags, budgets, and cost-explorer tools.
Recommend right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, and architectural improvements to reduce spend.
Provide cost transparency and reporting to stakeholders.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with application teams, DevOps, security, and architecture teams.
Provide cloud engineering support to developers and solution architects.
Contribute to cloud standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
Produce clear documentation and knowledge-sharing material.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Solid understanding of:
Compute (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda)
Networking (VPC, routing, load balancers, DNS)
Storage (S3, EBS, EFS)
Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK).
Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems.
Scripting experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline).
Cloud & Engineering Concepts
Strong understanding of cloud security principles.
Knowledge of high-availability, scalability, and fault-tolerant design.
Experience supporting production environments.
Understanding of DevOps and SRE practices.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
End Date: October 3, 2026