Remote Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS/Azure | IaC & CI/CD

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Medical aid

Retirement fund contributions

Bonuses

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our fully remote engineering team. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS and Azure, with Bloemfontein administrative ties.

You will automate cloud operations, implement IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation, build CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security and high availability. Strong collaboration in a distributed team is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of cloud engineering or DevOps experience.
• Proven expertise in AWS and/or Azure services (EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, AKS, App Service).
• Strong experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance, security, and cost optimization.
• Manage containers with Kubernetes and related tooling.
• Ensure security and compliance of cloud infrastructure.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Networking

Security

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our fully remote engineering team. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS and Azure, with Bloemfontein administrative ties.

You will automate cloud operations, implement IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation, build CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security and high availability. Strong collaboration in a distributed team is essential.