Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Prisma; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Cape Town. This role involves deploying cutting-edge cloud infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, and maintaining strong security practices. Ideal candidates should possess extensive experience in DevOps and infrastructure management, be proficient in automation tools, and exhibit strong communication skills. Enjoy remote work flexibility with comprehensive benefits including generous time off and mental health support.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Stock options

Generous time off

Mental health support

Tech and ergonomic budget

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering.
• Strong understanding of systems architecture and reliability patterns.
• High standards for quality with an ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Choose and deploy a globally distributed configuration store.
• Improve automation of servers to reduce maintenance overhead.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)

Linux server administration

Networking

Cloud environments (AWS, Cloudflare)

Programming experience in Go or Python

Ability to strengthen security posture

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Prisma

Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Overview

At Prisma, we’re redefining how developers work with databases.

If you’re fascinated by cutting‑edge data infrastructure powering companies like Twitter, Airbnb, and Facebook, and you want the agility, ownership, and impact of a fast‑moving startup, Prisma is the place for you.

What You’ll Do

Choose and deploy a globally distributed configuration store (e.g., etcd, rqlite) for encrypted authentication to enable global routing for Prisma Postgres.

Improve automation of our servers to reduce maintenance overhead and provisioning times.

Configure, deploy, monitor, and debug a cutting‑edge containerization platform that supports both internal and external tooling and services.

Participate in a shared on‑call rotation to help ensure system reliability, with an emphasis on fair scheduling, strong tooling, and a culture that values work‑life balance.

Ideal Candidate Profile

8+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering, operating large‑scale systems with a focus on Linux, networking, and cloud environments.

Experience building and scaling resilient distributed systems across bare metal and cloud platforms (AWS, Cloudflare); strong understanding of systems architecture and reliability patterns.

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar) and automation practices to manage reproducible, scalable environments.

High standards for quality with an ownership mindset, balancing pragmatism and impact.

Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Deep expertise in Linux server administration, networking, provisioning, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and hardening aligned to security best practices; fluency in Bash and Debian; kernel‑level debugging is advantageous.

Ability to strengthen and scale a mature security posture across cloud environments, IAM and secrets management, secure networking, zero‑trust access controls, CI / CD hygiene, API and application security best practices, and audit readiness.

Logical thinking, clear communication of reasoning, systematic planning, and stakeholder alignment.

Hands‑on programming experience in Go, Python, or other scripting languages is advantageous.

What It’s Like to Work at Prisma

Ownership mindset – as a senior engineer you’ll have an outsized impact on decisions and execution.

Nimbleness – you’re comfortable with change, calibration, and flexibility.

Kindness and collaboration – you share ideas openly and welcome feedback.

Benefits

Opportunity to shape Prisma’s cutting‑edge cloud products and industry‑leading database tooling.

Fun and supportive team culture that values collaboration, growth, and continuous learning.

Competitive base salary and stock options with extended post‑termination exercise windows.

Fully remote work with flexibility to work from anywhere within required time zones; optional local co‑working space access.

Generous time off: 24 days of paid vacation, paid sick leave, 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after three years.

Mental health support: 4 fully paid mental health days per year and access to professional resources.

Tech and ergonomic budget, annual off‑sites, relocation support for Berlin after twelve months.

(US)

Health and pension benefits including comprehensive health, dental, vision, and (k) matching.

Remote Work

We can currently only accept candidates within the timezone GMT‑2 to GMT for this position.

Hiring Process

Introductory call with Head of Engineering.

Take‑home assignment followed by a technical interview.

System design interview with a peer engineer.

Interview with COO.

Final interview with CEO.

Offer.

Equal Opportunity Statement

In line with our Fair Treatment and Equal Opportunity Policy and our Disability Policy, Prisma follows fair and merit‑based hiring practices, evaluating all candidates based on their skills, experience, and qualifications.

We do not make hiring decisions based on age, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, parental status, trade union membership, disability, religious belief or lack of belief, life expectancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran or military status.