Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Dis-Chem Pharmacies · Gauteng
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- Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity available for a Cloud Infrastructure Lead, must be highly skilled and have the ability to design, implement, and optimize cloud-based solutions that support our large-scale retail operations.
- Will need to architect resilient and scalable cloud environments, automate deployments, enhance performance, and ensure secure and efficient cloud operations across our enterprise.
- Will play a key leadership role within the Cloud Engineering team, collaborating with cross-functional technology, security, and product groups to deliver high-performing services to customers, stores, and distribution centers.
Requirements
Cloud certifications such as
- Azure Solutions Architect / Azure DevOps Expert
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
- Background in microservices, distributed systems, or event-driven
Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure for enterprise retail operations.
Automation & DevOps
- Develop CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment and infrastructure
- Ensure cloud environments support high-volume retail workloads and seasonal peak performance.
Security, Governance & Compliance
- Apply cloud security best practices, monitoring, identity and access management IAM, and data protection.
Monitoring & Reliability
- Lead troubleshooting and incident response for critical cloud-related
- Optimize cost, performance, and reliability across cloud
Collaboration & Leadership
- Requires close collaboration with other Business units to deliver effective cloud strategies and deployments.
- Work closely with DevOps, Network, Security, Data, and Application teams to support end-to-end solutions.
Competencies
- 6+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure
- Expert-level knowledge of one or more major cloud
- Experience with CI/CD
- Solid understanding of containerization and
- Strong knowledge of networking, load balancing, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and cloud-native networking.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging
- Experience working in large enterprise environments retail experience advantageous.
Key Performance Indicators
- Cloud Platform Reliability & Availability
- Contribution to culture, accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement
- KPI: Maintain 99.9% – 99% uptime across critical cloud workloads. Infrastructure Delivery Speed Automation & IaC
- CI/CD Pipeline Efficiency. Measured by: Pipeline logs, deployment metrics. Why it matters: Retail apps need rapid updates without breaking
- Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps. Measured by: Cloud cost reports, FinOps Why it matters: Retail cloud consumption is high—cost predictability is key.
- Security & Compliance Posture
Ways of working Agile & squad-based
- Lead a cross-functional Cloud platforms squad using Agile delivery principles
- Operate with clear platform ownership and accountability
- Promote reuse, standardization, and continuous improvement
Special Conditions of Employment
- South African citizen
- MIE, clear criminal and credit
- Driver's license and/or own reliable transport
Remuneration and benefits
- Market related salary
- Medical aid
- Provident fund
- Staff account
Closing Date 02 October 2026