Senior DevOps Engineer — Hybrid, Cloud & Automation Lead

Placements24; Upington; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses

Medical aid

Professional development

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior DevOps Engineer in Upington, Northern Cape. The role blends in-office collaboration with remote work, focusing on automating build, test, deployment, and monitoring of applications.

You will work with cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP), implement CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, while pursuing continuous improvement and robust system design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years in DevOps, system admin, or software engineering with a DevOps focus.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proficient in CI/CD tooling and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Monitor performance, availability, and reliability; implement proactive fixes.
• Manage cloud infrastructure for scalability and cost efficiency.
• Implement containerization with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash).
• Collaborate to troubleshoot and optimize application performance.
• Apply security best practices across the DevOps lifecycle.
• Oversee logging, monitoring and alerting systems.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tools

IaC tools

Containerization

Scripting

Monitoring tools

Networking basics

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior DevOps Engineer in Upington, Northern Cape. The role blends in-office collaboration with remote work, focusing on automating build, test, deployment, and monitoring of applications.

You will work with cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP), implement CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, while pursuing continuous improvement and robust system design.