Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS Cloud, CI/CD, Kubernetes

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Professional development budget

Training opportunities

Work-life balance

Competitive salary

Challenging projects

Supportive team

Job summary

Placements24 in Vereeniging, Gauteng, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to bridge software development and IT operations. You will design and implement scalable, secure cloud environments on AWS, and drive automation across CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerization.

Responsibilities include building resilient infrastructure, monitoring health, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve deployment frequency and reliability.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent with strong DevOps background.
• Proven AWS experience and cloud infrastructure design.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Proficient scripting in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Manage AWS infrastructure for scalable, reliable apps.
• Implement Docker containers and Kubernetes orchestrations.
• Set up monitoring, logging and alerts for system health.
• Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot production issues.
• Automate operational tasks to improve efficiency.
• Enforce security best practices across infrastructure.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud experience

Automation

CI/CD

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Placements24 in Vereeniging, Gauteng, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to bridge software development and IT operations. You will design and implement scalable, secure cloud environments on AWS, and drive automation across CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerization.

Responsibilities include building resilient infrastructure, monitoring health, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve deployment frequency and reliability.