Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & IaC Leader

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan

Professional development

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their IT team in Vereeniging. You will focus on automating and optimizing development and deployment pipelines to improve scalability, reliability, and security of cloud infrastructure.

The role requires hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and scripting (Python/Bash). You'll collaborate with developers and operations to resolve production issues and drive best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in DevOps, sysadmin, or related role.
• Strong experience with AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes, plus scripting (Python/Bash).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain IaC with Terraform or Ansible.
• Monitor performance, ensure high availability and scalability.
• Manage cloud infra across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Enforce security best practices across infra and deployment.
• Collaborate with development to troubleshoot production issues.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud architecture

Automation

Monitoring

Security best practices

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their IT team in Vereeniging. You will focus on automating and optimizing development and deployment pipelines to improve scalability, reliability, and security of cloud infrastructure.

The role requires hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and scripting (Python/Bash). You'll collaborate with developers and operations to resolve production issues and drive best practices.