Remote DevOps Engineer — CI/CD, Cloud & Automation

Placements24; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Generous paid time off

Home office allowance

Remote team collaboration

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer for a fully remote position. You will bridge development and IT operations, automate deployment processes, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP. The role emphasizes CI/CD, IaC, and robust security practices.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment, design scalable architectures, and participate in on-call rotations. A strong background in scripting and container orchestration is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and CI/CD tooling.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with IaC and configuration management tools.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform or Ansible.
• Manage and monitor cloud infrastructure for availability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement and manage containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Automate operational tasks, monitoring, and alerting.
• Collaborate with development and QA to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Enforce security best practices within infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
• Stay current with DevOps trends and cloud technologies.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Scripting

Containerization

IaC

Monitoring & logging

Security best practices

Networking

Problem solving

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer for a fully remote position. You will bridge development and IT operations, automate deployment processes, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP. The role emphasizes CI/CD, IaC, and robust security practices.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment, design scalable architectures, and participate in on-call rotations. A strong background in scripting and container orchestration is required.