About the position
Our client in the automotive industry is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Database Consultant (Senior) to join their dynamic global IT team. This is an exciting long-term opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud database services (PostgreSQL) within a modern, fast-paced, and collaborative environment. You’ll play a key role in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, ensuring robust, secure, and scalable solutions that power the future of mobility.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement automation solutions for cloud database services, focusing on integration with's existing systems and processes.
- Create and maintain scripts and tools to automate routine tasks, deployments, and configurations across cloud platforms (AWS and Azure).
- Collaborate with the global security team to implement and automate security best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance controls.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for database and application deployments in cloud environments.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
- Automate monitoring, alerting, and reporting processes for cloud database services.
- Work with the development teams to integrate automated processes into self-service portals.
- Collaborate with Cloud Database Engineers to automate database management tasks, including provisioning, scaling, and maintenance.
- Develop and maintain documentation for all automation processes and tools.
- Continuously evaluate and implement new automation technologies and methodologies to improve efficiency and reliability.
- Provide guidance and mentorship on automation best practices to other team members in the South African hub and globally.
- Ensure that automation solutions comply with local South African regulations and Group’s global standards.
- Take responsibility for delivering high-quality outcomes on time.
- Work as part of a globally distributed team in fast-paced environments.
RequirementsAdvantageous Skills Requirements:
- Experience with database management and automation in cloud environments.
- Knowledge of compliance requirements in the automotive industry and South African data protection regulations.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Understanding of network security concepts and implementation in cloud environments.
- Experience working in a global, multi-cultural team environment.
- Agile development experience (e.g., Scrum)
- Experience with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring
- Familiarity with tools like Confluence and Jira
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Educational Background: - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT automation, with at least 3 years focused on cloud technologies
- Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
- Demonstrated expertise in Agile working methods.
Desired Skills:
- Python PowerShell Bash AWS and Azure
- CI/CD
- IAM
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