Lead DevOps Engineer — Cloud & CI/CD Architect

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a senior Lead DevOps Engineer to drive infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud strategy from Durban. You will lead a team of engineers, architect scalable systems, and promote high-performance practices across platforms.

The role requires deep cloud and containerization expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of delivering reliable, secure infrastructure in a telecommunications-like environment. Durban-based, with opportunities for growth and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in DevOps/SRE or systems engineering roles.
• Experience leading DevOps teams and initiatives.
• Proven expertise with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and IaC tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and management of CI/CD pipelines for rapid software delivery.
• Architect, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using IaC best practices.
• Oversee container orchestration and monitoring systems for reliability.

Skills

Leadership

DevOps mastery

Cloud expertise

SRE practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a senior Lead DevOps Engineer to drive infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud strategy from Durban. You will lead a team of engineers, architect scalable systems, and promote high-performance practices across platforms.

The role requires deep cloud and containerization expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of delivering reliable, secure infrastructure in a telecommunications-like environment. Durban-based, with opportunities for growth and impact.