Remote Cloud Infra Engineer — Scale, Automate, Secure

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 650,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health coverage

Retirement planning

Training and certifications

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, implement IaC, and build CI/CD pipelines.

This role emphasizes security, cost optimization, and reliability within a distributed environment. Ideal candidates have hands-on cloud experience, strong automation skills, and a proactive mindset in a remote-first setting, with opportunities to leverage cutting-edge

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or DevOps with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on with one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Solid cloud networking knowledge (VPCs, subnets, firewalls).
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Excellent problem-solving and remote teamwork abilities.
• Relevant cloud certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines for deployments.
• Ensure cloud security, access controls, and monitoring.
• Monitor costs and performance; identify optimization opportunities.
• Automate tasks with scripting (Python, Bash).
• Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot and improve systems.
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical incidents.
• Stay current with cloud tech and document architectures.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Networking in cloud

CI/CD tools

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, implement IaC, and build CI/CD pipelines.

This role emphasizes security, cost optimization, and reliability within a distributed environment. Ideal candidates have hands-on cloud experience, strong automation skills, and a proactive mindset in a remote-first setting, with opportunities to leverage cutting-edge