Senior DevOps Lead — Cloud, CI/CD & Automation

Placements24; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Provident fund

Performance incentives

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 in Sandton, Gauteng, SA, seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer to head CI/CD design and implementation, IaC, and cloud infrastructure. You will mentor engineers and drive best practices across development and operations.

The role requires hands-on AWS/Azure/GCP experience, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and strong scripting and leadership to optimize resources and ensure high availability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 7 years of IT operations, software development, or DevOps.
• Proven experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and manage IaC using Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet.
• Automate deployment and management of cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Develop and manage containerization with Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot, and ensure high availability.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Shell scripting

Terraform

Ansible

Networking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Placements24 in Sandton, Gauteng, SA, seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer to head CI/CD design and implementation, IaC, and cloud infrastructure. You will mentor engineers and drive best practices across development and operations.

The role requires hands-on AWS/Azure/GCP experience, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and strong scripting and leadership to optimize resources and ensure high availability.