DevOps Engineer

S-RM; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Matching pension contribution up to 7%

Hybrid working and flexible hours

Medical Aid and Gap Cover Policy

Access to mindfulness app Headspace

EAP programme

Job summary

S-RM in Cape Town is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. Responsibilities include managing infrastructure as code using Terraform, architecting CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with development teams for high service reliability. The ideal candidate has a strong hands-on background in AWS, proven experience in similar roles, and a commitment to continuous learning. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive benefits package, and a focus on employee wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments.
• Extensive experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Own infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment reliability.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux/Unix systems

Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in computer science, maths or related

Tools

OpenSearch

CloudWatch

Docker

ECS/EKS

Job description

WHO ARE WE

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005,we’ve helped companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges.

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people.

We’re committed to developing bright, curious, enthusiastic people who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work is not everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build.

We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us.

THE ROLE

This role will be working as part of a larger software team supporting our Corporate Intelligence team in the development of complex intelligence software products.

We expect that the following will be a component of the key responsibilities for this position:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS, supporting multiple product teams with differing needs.
• Own infrastructure as code using Terraform, ensuring environments are reproducible, version‑controlled, and well‑documented.
• Architect, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to support build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to improve deployment reliability, speed, and automation.
• Own observability and monitoring practices, ensuring meaningful metrics, dashboards, logs, and alerts are in place.
• Embed security best practices into infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments.
• Keep up to date with DevOps, cloud, and AWS best practices, tooling, and emerging technologies.
• Take ownership of complex problems end‑to‑end, from design through to production support.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We think candidates with the following skills and experience are likely to succeed as a Senior DevOps Engineer at S-RM.

That said, if you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

We’re looking for someone that is able to adapt to change and work comfortably in a fast‑paced environment, this person will have some or all of these skills:

• Degree level education in a computer science, maths or related numerate subject, OR equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or similar role, supporting multiple product or engineering teams.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS (e.g. EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, S3, OpenSearch, CloudWatch) in production environments.
• Extensive experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code, including module design and environment separation.
• Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong observability and monitoring experience, including metrics, logs, alerts, and dashboards.
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking fundamentals, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, ECS, Kubernetes).

Any of the following personal skills would be very beneficial in this position:

• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work independently in a small, agile team.
• Well‑organised with strong attention to detail, particularly in automation and infrastructure changes.
• Delivery‑focused, balancing speed with reliability and long‑term maintainability.
• A proven ability to work from idea to a working feature.
• Able to evaluate new technologies pragmatically rather than adopting trends for their own sake.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate with business stakeholders to understand the problems and contribute to technical discussions.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in South Africa by the start of their employment.

BENEFITS

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of:

• 23 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every day of service up to a maximum of 28 days);
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education ;
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours

Parental Support:

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year;
• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay;
• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.

Various Health and Medical Benefits including:

• Medical Aid and Gap Cover Policy (taxable benefit) for you and your family;
• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace ;
• EAP programme for you and your immediate family.

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives.