Cloud DevOps Engineer

ATS Client; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud apps. You will provision infrastructure using IaC, and deploy containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities include integrating security into pipelines, monitoring, logging, and automating operations for high availability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on Cloud DevOps experience.
• Cloud certifications (AWS / Azure / Kubernetes) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud applications.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Integrate security practices into DevOps pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Implement logging, monitoring, and observability for cloud systems.
• Automate cloud operations, deployments, and scaling for high availability.
• Collaborate with development, operations and security teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Ensure compliance with cloud security and governance standards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues in production.

Skills

Strong problem solving

Excellent communication

Agile / Scrum experience

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure ARM

Ansible

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

AKS

EKS

OpenShift

SAST/DAST (SonarQube)

Checkmarx

Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

About the Job

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud applications.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Integrate security practices into DevOps pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Implement logging, monitoring, and observability solutions for cloud systems.
• Automate cloud operations, deployments, and scaling for high availability.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Ensure compliance with cloud security and governance standards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues in production environments.

Technical Skills / Tools Required

• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• IaC / Provisioning: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM, Ansible, Pulumi
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AKS, EKS, OpenShift
• DevSecOps: SAST/DAST tools (SonarQube, Checkmarx), secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch
• Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS, GCP

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration in cross-functional teams
• Agile / Scrum methodology experience
• Ability to document processes and train team members

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud DevOps roles
• Relevant cloud certifications preferred (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes, etc.)