Remote Senior DevOps Engineer — Cloud & CI/CD Innovator

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Professional development

Paid time off

Flexible hours

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a fully remote role based anywhere in South Africa. You will design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure and processes that enable scalable software development, deployment, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in DevOps, strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), and proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling. You will work in a collaborative, remote environment with a focus on security, reliability,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps engineering or a related role.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Develop and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for production environments.
• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure provisioning using scripting and configuration management tools.
• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of all deployed systems.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.

Skills

DevOps experience

CI/CD practices

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a fully remote role based anywhere in South Africa. You will design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure and processes that enable scalable software development, deployment, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in DevOps, strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), and proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling. You will work in a collaborative, remote environment with a focus on security, reliability,