Dots Africa
11 - 50 employees
📋 Compliance
☁️ SaaS
🔐 Security
Compliance • SaaS • Security
Dots Africa is a leading provider of comprehensive background screening solutions, offering an all-in-one platform called Dots360. The company specializes in seamless and efficient background checks with a pay-per-check model, eliminating the need for subscription fees. Trusted by numerous organizations, Dots360 provides cloud-based software that allows businesses to manage checks from inception to completion, track progress in real-time, and generate insightful reports. The platform includes advanced biometric solutions such as fingerprint capturing for enhanced accuracy in background verification. Dots Africa focuses on helping businesses manage risk through robust verification processes and compliance with standards, ensuring data is used to enrich individuals' lives while providing organizations access to necessary information safely and flexibly.
Lead Cloud Engineer
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🕒 February 14
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Dots Africa
11 - 50 employees
📋 Compliance
☁️ SaaS
🔐 Security
Compliance • SaaS • Security
Dots Africa is a leading provider of comprehensive background screening solutions, offering an all-in-one platform called Dots360. The company specializes in seamless and efficient background checks with a pay-per-check model, eliminating the need for subscription fees. Trusted by numerous organizations, Dots360 provides cloud-based software that allows businesses to manage checks from inception to completion, track progress in real-time, and generate insightful reports. The platform includes advanced biometric solutions such as fingerprint capturing for enhanced accuracy in background verification. Dots Africa focuses on helping businesses manage risk through robust verification processes and compliance with standards, ensuring data is used to enrich individuals' lives while providing organizations access to necessary information safely and flexibly.
📋 Description
• Own and lead the organisation’s cloud and infrastructure strategy across Azure and AWS • Take full responsibility for the design, implementation, and operation of all cloud infrastructure • Assess the current cloud and infrastructure landscape and drive immediate improvements where required • Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best practices • Design and maintain highly available, secure, and resilient systems, including DR and failover strategies • Own cloud security posture, including identity, access controls, network security, and platform hardening • Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability across all environments • Drive cost optimisation initiatives and ensure cloud spend is well understood, controlled, and efficient • Ensure operational excellence through documentation, runbooks, and clear ownership models • Partner closely with engineering, DevOps, security, and compliance teams to enable scalable delivery • Act as the final authority on cloud and infrastructure decisions • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and production issues and lead root-cause analysis efforts • Ensure environments meet performance, reliability, and compliance requirements at all times • Stay current with cloud platform advancements and continuously evolve the infrastructure strategy • Mentor and uplift engineers on cloud best practices, architecture, and operational maturity
🎯 Requirements
• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles • Strong production experience with Microsoft Azure, including networking, compute, storage, and identity • Solid hands-on experience with AWS and multi-cloud architecture principles • Proven experience designing and operating cloud platforms at scale • Strong Infrastructure as Code experience • Experience with container platforms and modern cloud-native architectures • Deep understanding of cloud security principles and shared responsibility models • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions • Strong understanding of reliability, scalability, and performance engineering • Ability to work independently and take ownership from day one • Experience operating in regulated or high-trust environments is highly advantageous • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills • Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or equivalent experience preferred • Cloud certifications are beneficial but not a substitute for real-world experience.
🏖️ Benefits
• Comprehensive health coverage • Generous paid time off • Wellness program to help you strike the right work-life balance • Commitment to professional development • Regular performance reviews • Opportunities to grow within the company • State-of-the-art workspace • Regular team-building activities • Atmosphere that promotes creativity and innovation
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