Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer — Remote & Flexible

Placements24; Klerksdorp; Hybrid; ZAR 1,959,000 - 2,938,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Remote-friendly environment

Professional development budget

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong focus on Cloud Infrastructure to join a distributed engineering team. This fully remote role offers the chance to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud systems powering cutting-edge products.

You will architect solutions, automate deployments, and ensure high availability and performance. The ideal candidate has expertise in IaC, distributed systems, and operating in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud focus.
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP and associated services.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Strong IaC and CI/CD experience; remote work capability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Develop and maintain IaC with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Automate deployments and manage CI/CD pipelines with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Monitor performance and optimize for high availability.
• Collaborate with teams to define infrastructure requirements and best practices.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong focus on Cloud Infrastructure to join a distributed engineering team. This fully remote role offers the chance to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud systems powering cutting-edge products.

You will architect solutions, automate deployments, and ensure high availability and performance. The ideal candidate has expertise in IaC, distributed systems, and operating in a remote-first environment.