Senior DevOps Engineer

Jobtailor; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Randburg, South Africa, is seeking an experienced DevOps/SRE professional to design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure provisioning, and support container orchestration on cloud platforms.

The role requires 5–8 years in DevOps or Platform Engineering, with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes expertise, strong observability skills, and a mindset for DevSecOps within enterprise objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.
• 5-8 years experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or Cloud Engineering.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions.
• Industry certifications advantageous: Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA, RHCE, Terraform Associate.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments.
• Support cloud-native platforms and container orchestration.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Enhance reliability through monitoring and observability.
• Enable developer productivity through self-service tooling.
• Implement DevSecOps controls throughout the SDLC.
• Support DevOps and DevSecOps strategies aligned to enterprise objectives.
• Ensure platform services meet availability and reliability standards.
• Automate operational tasks and optimize platform scalability.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps adoption.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with developers, architects and business stakeholders.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring & observability

Collaboration & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.


• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments.


• Support cloud-native platforms and container orchestration.


• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions.


• Enhance reliability through monitoring and observability.


• Enable developer productivity through self-service tooling.


• Implement DevSecOps controls throughout the SDLC.


• Support DevOps and DevSecOps strategies aligned to enterprise objectives.


• Ensure platform services meet availability and reliability standards.


• Automate operational tasks and optimize platform scalability.


• Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps adoption.


• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.


• Collaborate with developers, architects and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.


• 5-8 years experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or Cloud Engineering.


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes.


• Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions.


• Industry certifications advantageous: Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), Terraform Associate.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure provisioning, and supporting cloud-native platforms. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps practices, and enhancing system reliability through monitoring and observability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• CI/CD Pipeline Development


• Infrastructure as Code


• Terraform


• Docker


• Kubernetes

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• CI/CD Pipeline Development


• Infrastructure as Code


• Monitoring Solutions


• Logging Solutions


• Observability Solutions

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure DevOps Engineer


• AWS DevOps Engineer


• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)


• RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)


• Terraform Associate

Industry Keywords

• DevOps


• SRE


• Platform Engineering


• Cloud Engineering


• DevSecOps
  

Tools & Technologies

• Terraform


• Docker


• Kubernetes


• Cloud Platforms