SENIOR CLOUD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

We are looking for a creative and detail-oriented person who is excited about building robust and high quality products in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This position offers excellent growth potential for an engineer with the ability to rapidly learn new concepts and technologies and who is set on taking ownership and applying creative solutions to modern day problems.

The position offers exposure to a wide range of technologies across the stack (serverless APIs, data design, cloud infrastructure design, DevOps and automation) with an emphasis on 3rd party integration, cloud infrastructure development and test automation using NodeJS (JavaScript/TypeScript) and Java. The candidate will be skilled in designing & developing robust and scalable Cloud-based systems. Although focused on the backend and infrastructure, the candidate will also be exposed to frontend technologies including React and AngularJS.

As such the candidate should have a solid working knowledge of modern Cloud technologies, front-end as well as backend software engineering aspects, and must be a hands-on developer and technical leader. Excellent English verbal and written communication skills are essential.

The candidate will be part of the TallOrder development team working on our leading Cloud-based POS system, and work closely with the CTO to further grow our product.

CORE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing, deploying, automating, maintaining and managing AWS Cloud-based production systems with emphasis on availability, performance, scalability and security.
• Take ownership of various development aspects across the technology stack, including APIs, Cloud services, data design and cloud infrastructure.
• Build, release and configuration management of production systems.
• Pre-production Acceptance Testing to help assure the quality of our products / services. System troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains. Suggesting architecture improvements, recommending process improvements.
• Evaluate new technology options and vendor products.
• Ensuring critical system security using best in class cloud security solutions
• Work closely with product leads, designers and engineers to improve the quality, robustness and user experience of the product.
• Actively partake in the defining, planning and executing the product roadmap.
• Accurately predict development timelines, can stick to them and react quickly to change.
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and industry standards.
• Continually keep yourself updated with the latest changes in your industry’s standards.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record.
• AWS: 2+ years’ experience with using a broad range of AWS technologies (e.g. EC2, RDS, SNS, SQS, ELB, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an Amazon AWS based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
• DevOps: Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24×7 uptime Amazon AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
• Scripting Skills: Strong scripting (e.g. Python) and automation skills.
• Operating Systems: Linux system administration.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios).
• Problem Solving: Ability to analyze and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
B.Sc. in Computer Science or other equivalent technical discipline.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Professional commitment to high quality, and a passion for learning new skills
• Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn new concepts and technologies Strong problem solving skills, including providing simple solutions to complex situations
• Must be a strong team player with the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in a geographically disperse working environment.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills are essential

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Self-motivated, self-directing and a good communicator. A passion for performance, debugging and benchmarking. Enthusiasm for Agile software development.
• Awareness of current and emerging trends of software development Creative ideas with problem solving mindset.
• Dedicated to unit testing, code review and other quality-oriented practices.
• Be flexible and be comfortable in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment with frequently changing business needs.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

REPORTING TO:
CTO

LOCATION:
This position is a full-time position based in Cape Town (V & A Waterfront)

COMPENSATION:
Your compensation for this position will consist of a market related salary and share program.

Please email your CV to meiring@cloudone.mobi if you are interested in the position.

Marketing Manager

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Marketing Manager to drive and execute our Marketing strategy. It’s a hands-on position that will require great smarts, passion and skill to execute at top level.

CloudOne.mobi is a fast growing, four-year-old tech company. This is a new position, with career path leading to the Chief Marketing Officer position, as member of the executive team.

As Marketing manager, you will be responsible for further developing, implementing and executing strategic marketing plans for CloudOne.mobi and its products, in order to drive high growth whilst building a strong, market leading brand.

Your day-to-day tasks will include managing and coordinating marketing and creative staff, leading market research efforts to uncover the viability of current and existing products and liaising with media agencies.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Work closely with the executive team to define overall marketing strategy and then draw up marketing plans in support of the strategy.
• Take responsibility for the execution of such marketing plans.
• Managing media and marketing staff and external PR agencies.
• Manage launch campaigns for new products and product updates.
• Analysis of the effectiveness of all marketing efforts including their contribution to the effectiveness of sales campaigns.
• Researching and evaluating new product opportunities, demand for potential products/solutions, and customer needs and insights.
• Work with product management to prioritize product enhancements.
• Ensure effective, branded marketing communications including the company website, social media, print communication and advertising.
• Experiment with a variety of organic and paid acquisition channels – content creation, content curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copywriting, performance analysis, and much more.
• Serve as a partner to finance and product development in determining the viability of potential markets before production of a product with no business case or strategy prepared in advance.
• Produce valuable and engaging content for our website, social media and blog that attracts and converts our target groups, with special focus on delivering best of breed educational content for the tactical and operational aspects of Small to Medium sized enterprises.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required.

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or Business or similar plus 6+ years of experience in marketing
• An ambitious, hands-on person looking for a challenging career, where the ultimate goal is driving the business’ profitability by building a strong brand
• Must be able to take responsibility & ownership for results
• Intimate understanding of traditional and emerging marketing channels
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively
• Budget-management skills and proficiency
• Professional judgment and discretion that comes from years of experience in the field
• Analytical skills to forecast and identify trends and challenges
• Familiarity with the latest trends, technologies and methodologies in graphic design, web design, production, etc.
• Experience in setting up and optimizing Google and Facebook ad words campaigns
• Good taste, a sense of aesthetics and a love for great copy and witty communication

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately

REPORTING TO: COO

LOCATION:
This is a full-time position based in Cape Town.

COMPENSATION:
Market related salary.

Please email your CV to anna@cloudone.mobi if you are interested in the position.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONSULTANT JOHANNESBURG 

We are looking for a Technical Support Consultant to join our team. As Technical Support Consultant you will provide customers with a professional and quality level of IT support.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Supports POS software, hardware development cycle to include needs analysis, specifications, testing, troubleshooting and deployment.
• Analyzes user’s needs and develops functional specifications.
• Performs QA Testing, interpretation and analysis of results of tests.
• Deploys software and hardware.
• Provides technical support for POS Help Desk.
• Train users and technical staff in the use of new software.
• Works with users and IS staff to develop and modify systems to meet current and future needs.
• Supports user maintenance requests.
• Responsible for configuring the TallOrder POS solution and installing customer solutions.
• Setting up menu’s and product catalogues as intelligently as possible for new customers.
• Use the Company’s online CRM tool to capture the information relating to all customer interactions and requests.
• Timely ordering and delivery of purchases where required

ADDITIONAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required.

KEY ACHIEVABLES:
Achieving high levels of customer satisfaction and delight whilst delivering a profitable service to the TallOrder customer base
Developing the right client base and brand image for CloudOne.mobi in the region using the Company’s systems to maximum advantage

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Knowledge of PCs and telecommunications required.
• College degree or related work experience.
• Knowledge of the Windows 7 & XP environments and SQL Server database.
• Knowledge in setup, configuration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN networks.
• Must be detail oriented with a team-oriented, collaborative attitude.
• Proven analytical, evaluative and problem solving abilities.
• Self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to work occasional weekends and evenings for special projects.
• Comp TIA A+, Network+ certification a plus.
• Windows 7/10 Configuration and deployment experience a plus.
• They need good knowledge of PCs, Windows, networks and printers.
• Good communication skills – structured problem approach to problem solving and must love learning.
• Training of our markets & products will be provided.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately

REPORTING TO: Operations Director

LOCATION:
Full time position available in the Johannesburg area.

COMPENSATION:
Your compensation for this position will consist of basic salary.
Please email your CV to anna@cloudone.mobi if you are interested in the position.