Remote DevOps Engineer for Scalable Cloud Infra

RemoteJobsOne; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 1,148,000 - 2,296,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a fully remote, contractor role based in or eligible from South Africa. You will contribute to scalable cloud infrastructure and help train next-generation AI systems, with emphasis on automation, IaC, and continuous improvement.

Strong communication skills are essential for collaboration across teams. Role focuses on designing CI/CD tasks, writing reference solutions, and providing precise feedback to improve task quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in DevOps, SRE, Platform or Infra engineering.
• Strong coding in Python, Go, Bash or TypeScript with real code.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, Docker, Kubernetes and at least one cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform/Ansible/Pulumi/CF).
• Advanced Linux and Git skills.
• Professional English, written and spoken.
• Availability of at least 20 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic DevOps tasks based on production-style scenarios (CI/CD, containers, orchestration, IaC, monitoring, incident response).
• Write working reference solutions with clear setup and validation steps.
• Review AI-generated output, identify failures, and write precise corrections with reasoning.
• Maintain a strict quality bar on correctness and reproducibility.
• Share structured feedback that improves future task design.

Skills

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Bash

TypeScript

Git

Linux

English

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Job description

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a fully remote, contractor role based in or eligible from South Africa. You will contribute to scalable cloud infrastructure and help train next-generation AI systems, with emphasis on automation, IaC, and continuous improvement.

Strong communication skills are essential for collaboration across teams. Role focuses on designing CI/CD tasks, writing reference solutions, and providing precise feedback to improve task quality.