Senior DevOps Engineer & Platform Tech Lead

Sanlam Limited

Sandton

On-site

ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

47 hours ago

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Job summary

Sanlam Limited in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer / Technical Lead to design, implement and operate scalable cloud and DevOps platforms. You will provide hands-on delivery, mentor one team member, and drive improvements in delivery speed, reliability and security across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Jira Cloud.

The role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to align platform capabilities with business goals.

Qualifications

Experience leading engineering teams in DevOps, cloud and platform delivery.
Strong understanding of SDLC, DevSecOps and governance in regulated environments.
Hands-on delivery of large-scale CI/CD and Kubernetes platforms.

Responsibilities

Ensure technical agility domain meets stakeholder requirements across business, technology and operations.
Define cross-functional tooling and SDLC practices to improve delivery speed and reliability.
Lead Jira Cloud migration, integrations, governance and operations.
Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership and coaching for the DevOps team.
Maintain high availability, scalability and security of cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to deliver a clear technical roadmap.