Senior DevOps Engineer: Remote Cloud Infra & Automation

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24's client, a rapidly growing SaaS company, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and scale cloud infrastructure from anywhere in South Africa.

You will own CI/CD, IaC, and cloud optimization across AWS/Azure/GCP, collaborating with development and operations teams, and supporting on-call incident response in a fully remote role based in Nelspruit or other locations in SA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in DevOps/SRE/infrastructure engineering.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• IaC expertise (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability and cost.
• Implement and manage Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor performance and resolve bottlenecks.
• Create automation scripts for ops tasks.
• Set up logging, monitoring, and alerts.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams.
• Maintain security best practices in the cloud.
• Participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

IaC

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Networking & Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Puppet

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24's client, a rapidly growing SaaS company, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and scale cloud infrastructure from anywhere in South Africa.

You will own CI/CD, IaC, and cloud optimization across AWS/Azure/GCP, collaborating with development and operations teams, and supporting on-call incident response in a fully remote role based in Nelspruit or other locations in SA.