Johannesburg: Lead Product Engineer

Job & Company Description: Seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to join one of the leading teams within tech savvy financial services giant on a 6 months contract basis. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role involves leading cloud architecture initiatives, optimizing performance, ensuring security compliance, and mentoring junior engineers. The key responsibilities for this role will include: Design and implement AWS-based infrastructure solutions using best practices. Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud environments for performance and cost-efficiency. Ensure security and compliance through proper IAM policies, encryption, and auditing. Collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams to support CI/CD pipelines and application deployments. Lead incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues. Stay current with AWS services and recommend improvements or new technologies. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team. As you will be required to hit the ground running extensive experience is essential. The requirements: Qualification: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional) are a plus Experience: 5 years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS. Strong knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.). Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.). Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). Familiarity with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) and orchestration. Understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles. Technical Skills Required: Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments. Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, etc.). Exposure to monitoring and logging tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK stack). Strong communication and leadership skills. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly. For more finance jobs, please visit