Senior Remote Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Stock Options)

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Stock options package

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous leave and PTO

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Senior Software Engineer focused on cloud infrastructure development. You will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure cloud-based systems across major cloud platforms, overseeing IaC, CI/CD, and monitoring.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential in a fully remote setting. The role emphasizes architecture decisions, security, and high availability, with opportunities to mentor juniors and influence the tech stack while working

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering with strong cloud infra focus.
• Proven experience deploying and managing infra on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Strong knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure solutions (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible).
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for system health.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing.
• Ensure security best practices across the cloud environment.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Remote collaboration

Problem solving

Architectural decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Senior Software Engineer focused on cloud infrastructure development. You will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure cloud-based systems across major cloud platforms, overseeing IaC, CI/CD, and monitoring.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential in a fully remote setting. The role emphasizes architecture decisions, security, and high availability, with opportunities to mentor juniors and influence the tech stack while working