Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer

Hire Resolve; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Hire Resolve is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer to own the Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end, with remote or hybrid options based on location. You will build and operate AKS clusters, implement IaC, and drive reliability across the production stack.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to enhance observability, security, and automation, bring SRE practices, implement GitHub Actions pipelines, and maintain capacity and incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering.
• 2-3 years operating Kubernetes in production and 2+ years on Azure.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• CKA/CKAD or Azure Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer certifications are advantageous.
• Strong problem-solving ability, clear technical communication, and the capacity to operate autonomously within a hybrid/remote team.
• Azure Platform experience with AKS, ADLS Gen2, Key Vault, Entra ID, VNets/Private Endpoints, and Service Bus.
• Production Kubernetes depth: Helm, operator deployment, node-pool sizing, pod troubleshooting, upgrades.
• Proven ability to author modular IaC with Terraform and manage state safely.
• Docker and GitHub Actions pipeline development with required status checks.
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, structured logging, and SLO-based alerting.
• Linux Bash scripting with maintainable tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own Azure Kubernetes platform end-to-end (AKS) and related Azure infra using Terraform.
• Maintain GitHub Actions pipelines with quality gates, security checks, and automated deployments.
• Own observability, SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response across environments.
• Manage platform secrets, network controls, and Entra ID identity governance.
• Partner with engineering teams to resolve operational bottlenecks and drive reliability standards.

Skills

Problem Solving

Technical Communication

Autonomous Work

Hybrid/Remote Collaboration

Cloud Thinking

Team Coordination

Troubleshooting

SRE Mindset

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

AKS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid based on location .

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure as Code: Provision and operate production Kubernetes (AKS) and Azure infrastructure using modular Terraform.

• CI/CD Automation: Maintain GitHub Actions pipelines featuring quality gates, security checks, and automated deployments.

• Observability & SRE: Own monitoring, alerting, SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response across environments.

• Security & Access: Manage platform secrets, network controls (VNets, private endpoints), and Entra ID identity governance.

• Developer Enablement: Partner with engineering teams to resolve operational bottlenecks and drive reliability standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering (including 2-3 years operating K8s in production and 2+ years on Azure).

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Certifications: CKA, CKAD, or Azure Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer certifications are advantageous.

• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving ability, clear technical communication, and the capacity to operate autonomously within a hybrid/remote team.

• Azure Platform: Production experience with AKS, ADLS Gen2, Key Vault, Entra ID (Workload/Managed Identities), VNets/Private Endpoints, and Service Bus (or equivalent broker).

• Production Kubernetes: Advanced operational depth in Helm chart authoring, operator deployment, node-pool sizing, pod troubleshooting, and cluster upgrades.

• Terraform: Proven ability to author modular IaC, manage state safely, and maintain strict plan/apply disciplines.

• Containerization & CI/CD: Hands-on Docker (multi-arch builds, optimization) and GitHub Actions pipeline development with required status checks.

• Observability: Practical experience configuring Prometheus + Grafana, structured logging, and SLO-based alerting.

• Linux & Automation: Strong Bash scripting with clean, code-maintained operational tooling.

Preferred Experience

• Data Platforms: Apache Spark on K8s (Spark Operator/Connect), JupyterHub, Delta Lake, Trino, Hive Metastore, or Apache Ranger.

• Advanced Telemetry: OpenTelemetry (SDKs/Collector topology) and OpenLineage/Marquez integration.

• Languages & Databases: Intermediate Python (infrastructure testing/pytest) and basic DBA management for SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

• Compliance & Isolation: Multi-tenant architecture design, dependency auditing, image provenance, and POPIA/GDPR/ISO 27001 controls.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)