Platform/ Devops Engineer

Cyberpro Consulting (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

CyberPro Consulting (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. You will implement IaC with Terraform, develop CI/CD pipelines, and manage containerized apps using Docker and Kubernetes.

Candidate will work with open-source tech, implement monitoring and security best practices, and ensure platform reliability, availability, and disaster recovery. Collaboration with engineers, security, and DevOps teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience with Linux and open-source technologies.
• Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
• Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch.
• Networking, security, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals.
• Experience with Git and configuration management tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment.
• Manage containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Work with open-source technologies to build and support cloud-native platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimisation.
• Apply security best practices across cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Support platform reliability, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with software engineers, architects, security teams, and DevOps professionals.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues.
• Promote automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS cloud services

Linux

Open-source technologies

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring & observability

Networking basics

Security fundamentals

Git

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

CyberPro Consulting is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer with strong expertise in AWS cloud services and open-source technologies to support the design, development, automation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and reliable technology platforms.

The ideal candidate will have experience building and managing cloud-native environments, implementing Infrastructure as Code, automating deployments, and supporting containerised applications using modern DevOps practices and open-source tools.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.

Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment.

Manage containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Work with open-source technologies to build and support cloud-native platforms.

Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimisation.

Apply security best practices across cloud infrastructure and platform services.

Support platform reliability, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.

Collaborate with software engineers, architects, security teams, and DevOps professionals.

Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues.

Promote automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement.

Essential Technical Skills

Strong experience with AWS cloud services.

Experience with Linux and open-source technologies.

Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.

CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.

Docker and Kubernetes.

Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch.

Networking, security, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals.

Experience with Git and configuration management tools.

Preferred Experience

Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

Knowledge of cloud security and DevSecOps practices.

Experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch.

Experience with open-source platform engineering tools and technologies.

Experience working in Agile environments.

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