Brief description
The main purpose of this position is to design, implement and manage cloud infrastructure solutions and services within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group.
Detailed description
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
- Design and build cloud-based infrastructure solutions and services that align with the SARB’s requirements.
- Implement cloud infrastructure designs and ensure alignment with defined architecture.
- Provide expert guidance on cloud adoption and cloud cost management strategies.
- Manage the cloud technology life cycle.
- Ensure that cloud-based infrastructure solutions adhere to the governance and security model for the cloud as developed by the SARB’s Cyber and Information Security Unit (CISU).
- Develop, maintain and document technical standards, user guides, standard operating procedures (SOPs), instructional documents etc. relating to cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Collaborate and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the functionality of the deployed cloud infrastructure solutions and technologies.
- Identify, address and remediate risks in the cloud environment as identified by auditors and governance-related assessments.
- Stay abreast of new developments in cloud architectures and technologies.
- Provide cloud engineering expertise on information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure projects, and participate in other SARB Group projects to contribute towards business objectives.
- Take responsibility for infrastructure capacity planning, disaster recovery and resource allocation to ensure optimal performance, continuity and scalability.