Cloud DevOps Engineer - Hybrid Infra & Automation

Placements24; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive contract rate

Access to cutting-edge technologies

Flexible hybrid arrangement

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer for a rapidly growing SaaS provider in Welkom. The role focuses on enhancing cloud infrastructure, automating processes, and ensuring reliability across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

You will bridge software development and IT operations, building CI/CD pipelines, managing IaC, and securing cloud environments in a hybrid work setup that supports the Free State region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in a DevOps or Systems Engineering role.
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and system administration.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication; able to work in a hybrid model.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Implement and manage IaC using Terraform or Ansible.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and resolve issues.
• Ensure security and compliance of cloud environments.
• Automate operational tasks to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and QA to troubleshoot production issues.
• Manage Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Develop scripts for system administration and automation tasks.
• Participate in on-call rotation for incident response.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

IaC

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting

Networking basics

Monitoring

Hybrid work

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

ELK stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer for a rapidly growing SaaS provider in Welkom. The role focuses on enhancing cloud infrastructure, automating processes, and ensuring reliability across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

You will bridge software development and IT operations, building CI/CD pipelines, managing IaC, and securing cloud environments in a hybrid work setup that supports the Free State region.