Senior AWS DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & Cloud Automation

LexisNexis; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan incl. Risk Benefits (D

Modern family benefits incl. adoption

Study Leave

Job summary

LexisNexis is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud delivery platform. You will design scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and embed security and observability into engineering workflows. The role offers exposure to global teams and large-scale deployments across cloud environments.

You will shape CI/CD excellence, build robust pipelines, mentor peers, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement while balancing performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS and Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise CI/CD platforms.
• Advanced Python skills and automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Build and enhance Jenkins pipelines, shared libraries, and deployment frameworks.
• Drive modernization of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Integrate security, compliance, and quality controls into engineering workflows.
• Improve platform observability using OpenTelemetry and modern monitoring practices.
• Develop Python-based automation and tooling to improve developer productivity.
• Partner with global engineering teams to create scalable delivery solutions.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Python

Docker

ECR

GitOps

Blue/Green deployments

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Security & compliance

Troubleshooting

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins pipelines

Job description

LexisNexis is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud delivery platform. You will design scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and embed security and observability into engineering workflows. The role offers exposure to global teams and large-scale deployments across cloud environments.

You will shape CI/CD excellence, build robust pipelines, mentor peers, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement while balancing performance and reliability.