DevOps Engineer - CI/CD, Cloud Infra & Kubernetes

Placements24; Rustenburg; On-site; ZAR 720,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Life insurance

Retirement fund

On-site facilities

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Rustenburg IT operations team. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure with IaC, and automate provisioning and deployment tasks across AWS/Azure/GCP.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and continuous improvement within a production environment. Ideal candidates will have strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell) and hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, plus knowledge of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role with automation focus
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools and best practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong networking knowledge and security best practices
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for provisioning and configuration
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency and reliability
• Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues
• Ensure security and compliance of infrastructure and applications
• Automate operational processes to reduce manual work and errors
• Participate in on-call rotation for incident response and resolution
• Stay updated with industry DevOps best practices and emerging tech

Skills

CI/CD practices

Networking concepts

Problem solving

Communication

Bash

Python

PowerShell

Cloud concepts

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Rustenburg IT operations team. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure with IaC, and automate provisioning and deployment tasks across AWS/Azure/GCP.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and continuous improvement within a production environment. Ideal candidates will have strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell) and hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, plus knowledge of