Senior Cloud Infra Engineer - Scalable Cloud, Secure

Placements24

South Africa

Remote

ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health & retirement benefits

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Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with deep Cloud Infrastructure expertise for our Queenstown team. You will architect scalable cloud environments, automate deployments, and ensure high availability of core services.

The role requires hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, along with strong DevOps principles. On-site work in Queenstown, South Africa, with opportunities to influence technology strategy.

Qualifications

7+ years of software engineering with a focus on cloud infrastructure and DevOps.
Experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
Scripting with Python or Bash; IaC experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
Solid networking, security fundamentals, and container orchestration knowledge.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure for reliability and uptime.
Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
Automate deployment, scaling, and management with CI/CD and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure security best practices across environments.
Collaborate with software teams to optimize performance and resource use in the cloud.