Senior DevOps Engineer – Cloud Infra (Hybrid, Growth)

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 in Polokwane, Limpopo is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will implement CI/CD practices and IaC with Terraform/Ansible, while containerizing with Docker/Kubernetes to ensure high availability and performance.

Join a growing technology team focused on automation, security, and reliability across AWS/Azure/GCP environments, with hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Administration roles.
• Proven experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Networking concepts, scripting languages (Bash, Python).
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Excellent problem-solving and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
• Automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement and manage Docker and Kubernetes containerization.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, ensure high availability.
• Develop and maintain system monitoring and alerting tools.
• Apply security best practices across infrastructure and deployments.
• Collaborate with development and operations to troubleshoot issues.
• Document infrastructure architecture, processes, and procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps practices.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD concepts

SRE/Systems Administration

Networking basics

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Job description

Placements24 in Polokwane, Limpopo is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will implement CI/CD practices and IaC with Terraform/Ansible, while containerizing with Docker/Kubernetes to ensure high availability and performance.

Join a growing technology team focused on automation, security, and reliability across AWS/Azure/GCP environments, with hybrid work options.