Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud Automation & CI/CD (Remote)

Idbase Software; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company based in South Africa is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to optimize infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role involves automating deployments, managing infrastructure as code, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates will have extensive AWS experience, proficiency in Docker, and strong scripting skills. Opportunities are available in Johannesburg, Cape Town, or remote work, with a contract duration of 12 months and market-related salary.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Proficient with Docker and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Skilled in scripting languages like Python or Bash.
• Solid experience in automating cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Assess and optimize current pipeline and infrastructure setups.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using AWS-native services.
• Automate provisioning and monitoring processes.
• Enhance system observability and monitoring.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers.

Skills

AWS services (ECS, Fargate, RDS/Aurora, ECR, IAM, VPC)

Docker

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)

Scripting (Python, Bash)

CI/CD pipeline automation

Monitoring tools (CloudWatch, ELK, X-Ray)

SQL/NoSQL databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or related field

Job description

A leading software development company based in South Africa is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to optimize infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role involves automating deployments, managing infrastructure as code, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates will have extensive AWS experience, proficiency in Docker, and strong scripting skills. Opportunities are available in Johannesburg, Cape Town, or remote work, with a contract duration of 12 months and market-related salary.