Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud, CI/CD & IaC (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Retirement plan

Hybrid role

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team in Sandton, Gauteng. The role focuses on automating the software lifecycle, implementing CI/CD, and building scalable cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance.

You will collaborate with developers and sysadmins to streamline processes, improve deployment frequency, and uphold security best practices in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering.
• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or software engineering roles.
• Proficiency with AWS/Azure/GCP and CI/CD toolchains.
• Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized apps.
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform/Ansible and scripting in Python/Bash.
• Strong networking knowledge and security best practices.
• Experience with monitoring/logging stacks and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, and deployments.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform/Ansible.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP with emphasis on scalability and security.
• Implement and manage containers using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Automate operational tasks to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize deployments.
• Collaborate with developers to enhance application performance.
• Establish logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.

Skills

CI/CD proficiency

Cloud platforms

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Networking & security

Communication & problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team in Sandton, Gauteng. The role focuses on automating the software lifecycle, implementing CI/CD, and building scalable cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance.

You will collaborate with developers and sysadmins to streamline processes, improve deployment frequency, and uphold security best practices in a hybrid work environment.