Remote Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infra & Automation

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan with company matching

Professional development opportunities

Home office setup stipend

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our remote-first technology team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, develop CI/CD pipelines, and implement IaC with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools.

You will champion Docker and Kubernetes, monitor performance, automate tasks, and mentor junior engineers while helping shape cloud architecture and ensure high availability for critical applications from your home

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps or related infrastructure roles.
• Proven cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong CI/CD tooling proficiency (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• IaC experience with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Deep containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Solid networking and security fundamentals.
• Excellent problem-solving and remote collaboration.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage robust and scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Champion containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and manage container orchestration.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Automate operational tasks and processes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with software development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
• Provide on-call support and troubleshoot production issues as needed.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to DevOps best practices.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Automation

Remote collaboration

Scripting languages

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our remote-first technology team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, develop CI/CD pipelines, and implement IaC with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools.

You will champion Docker and Kubernetes, monitor performance, automate tasks, and mentor junior engineers while helping shape cloud architecture and ensure high availability for critical applications from your home