Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Watersedge Solutions; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic company seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SSRE) to join their innovative team. This fully remote role involves building scalable cloud infrastructure on Azure. The successful candidate will design, automate, and optimize cloud systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and security in a large-scale data environment.

Benefits

100% Remote Work

Continuous Training and Professional Development

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps.
• Proficient in Azure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Strong programming skills required for automation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure for high availability.
• Automate infrastructure management and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement security best practices and enhance system observability.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

DevOps

Cloud Infrastructure

Azure Cloud Services

Automation

Monitoring and Observability

Problem Solving

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Python

PowerShell

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SSRE) – Remote (12-Month Contract)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SSRE) to join a dynamic and innovative team. This is a fully remote contract role where you will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud infrastructure on Azure.

Role Overview

As an SSRE, you will play a critical role in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure to ensure the availability, reliability, and security of a large-scale data platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to implement best practices, enhance observability, and improve deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure for high-availability and scalability.
• Automate infrastructure management using Terraform, Azure Bicep, and ARM templates.
• Develop and optimise CI / CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to streamline deployments.
• Enhance system monitoring, logging, and observability with Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Implement security best practices, conduct security assessments, and mitigate risks.
• Develop custom tools and libraries in Python / PySpark for Databricks environments.
• Optimise resource utilisation and cloud costs while ensuring system performance.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
• Strong expertise in Azure cloud services (VMs, Networking, Security, Storage, Databases, etc.).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM Templates, PowerShell.
• Hands-on experience with CI / CD automation in Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Strong programming skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Familiarity with security frameworks and cloud security best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in complex cloud environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes (AKS) and container orchestration.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation strategies.
• Exposure to MLOps workflows in Databricks.

Why Join?

100% Remote Work – Collaborate with a top-tier engineering team from anywhere.

Exciting Cloud & DevOps Projects – Work on cutting-edge Azure architectures.

Growth & Learning – Access to continuous training and professional development.

If you are not contacted within 10 days of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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