Senior Cloud Systems Admin — Remote, Automation & Scaling

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health benefits

Leave policy

Professional development resources

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator with a strong cloud focus to join our infrastructure team. You will manage and scale cloud-based infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), automate provisioning, and drive security and reliability in a remote-first environment.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in systems administration, 3+ years in cloud, and hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools like CloudWatch or Prometheus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in systems administration, with at least 3 years focused on cloud infrastructure management.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement and maintain security measures to protect cloud environments and data.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.

Skills

Python

Bash

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Networking

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator with a strong cloud focus to join our infrastructure team. You will manage and scale cloud-based infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), automate provisioning, and drive security and reliability in a remote-first environment.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in systems administration, 3+ years in cloud, and hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools like CloudWatch or Prometheus.