AI Infrastructure Engineer — Hybrid, GPU-Optimized Cloud Ops

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Stock options / bonuses

Professional development & certs

Generous PTO

Job summary

Placements24 in Centurion, Gauteng, ZA is seeking an experienced AI Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. You will work with cutting-edge hardware and software to ensure performance, reliability and security across training and inference pipelines.

The role requires strong systems engineering and cloud expertise, plus GPU management and HPC experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in systems engineering, cloud infra, or DevOps with AI/ML focus.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and Terraform/Ansible.
• Strong containerization knowledge (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Scripting skills in Python or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AI/ML infrastructure at scale.
• Manage cloud and on-prem environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Optimize for performance, cost, and security.
• Implement and manage Terraform and Ansible provisioning.
• Operate GPU clusters and HPC environments.
• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers.
• Ensure infrastructure security and compliance.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps practices

Python

Bash

Networking & security

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

Job description

Placements24 in Centurion, Gauteng, ZA is seeking an experienced AI Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. You will work with cutting-edge hardware and software to ensure performance, reliability and security across training and inference pipelines.

The role requires strong systems engineering and cloud expertise, plus GPU management and HPC experience.