Remote Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from South Africa

Health and wellness package

Generous paid time off

Professional development budgets

Performance-based bonuses

Stock options

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Software Engineer specializing in Cloud Infrastructure to design, build, and scale robust cloud platforms for a global client base. This role is fully remote from South Africa with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.

You will lead IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration while mentoring engineers and collaborating with distributed teams. Strong cloud, DevOps, and security expertise are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate has a 6+ years track record in software engineering, with 3+ years in cloud infra/DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, and ensure high availability.
• Implement security best practices, access control, encryption, and vulnerability management.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to troubleshoot production issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the team.
• Manage Docker containers and Kubernetes-based orchestration.
• Develop automation scripts to streamline operations.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and infra evolution.

Skills

Cloud platforms

IaC (Terraform/Ansible)

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization (Docker)

Kubernetes

Scripting (Python/Bash/Go)

Networking & Security

Remote collaboration

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Software Engineer specializing in Cloud Infrastructure to design, build, and scale robust cloud platforms for a global client base. This role is fully remote from South Africa with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.

You will lead IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration while mentoring engineers and collaborating with distributed teams. Strong cloud, DevOps, and security expertise are essential for success.