Senior DevOps Engineer – Remote Cloud Automation & CI/CD Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Health, dental & vision insurance

Professional development allowance

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer with a focus on Cloud Automation to streamline development and operations. You will design automated CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, and create robust automation scripts for deployment and monitoring.

The role emphasizes collaboration with development and QA teams, implementing security best practices, and driving continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or a related role.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Proven expertise in IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for rapid software delivery.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure using IaC and cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for deployment and monitoring.
• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure health and performance.
• Collaborate with development and QA to troubleshoot infrastructure issues.
• Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

Cloud platforms experience

CI/CD mindset

Automation scripting

Collaboration & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer with a focus on Cloud Automation to streamline development and operations. You will design automated CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure across AWS/Azure/GCP, and create robust automation scripts for deployment and monitoring.

The role emphasizes collaboration with development and QA teams, implementing security best practices, and driving continuous improvement across the organization.