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

Idbasesoftware; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Idbasesoftware in South Africa seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance client infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, aligning with industry best practices. You will automate deployments, manage infrastructure as code, and improve observability, mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes cloud automation, containerization, and building scalable, resilient systems for diverse projects. Remote options available with preference for applicants in South Africa.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services such as ECS, Fargate, RDS/Aurora, ECR, IAM, and VPC.
• Proficiency in Docker and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and automating cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, ELK, X-Ray).
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Assess and optimize pipelines and infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Automate provisioning, deployment, and monitoring for cloud workloads.
• Develop serverless (Lambda) and containerized workloads (ECS/Fargate).
• Enhance observability with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and ELK.
• Operate within a microservices architecture (Aurora/Postgres, ECS).
• Implement logging, alerting, and metrics for reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers in DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and architects to ensure delivery.

Skills

AWS ECS

AWS Fargate

RDS/Aurora

ECR

IAM

VPC

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Python

Bash

CI/CD pipelines

CloudWatch

ELK

X-Ray

SQL/NoSQL

Serverless

Education

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

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker

Job description

Idbasesoftware in South Africa seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance client infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, aligning with industry best practices. You will automate deployments, manage infrastructure as code, and improve observability, mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes cloud automation, containerization, and building scalable, resilient systems for diverse projects. Remote options available with preference for applicants in South Africa.