Senior Site Reliability Engineer — Hybrid Cloud & Automation

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus structure

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Opportunities for continuous learning

Job summary

WhatJobs Direct in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga is seeking a seasoned Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance stability, performance, and scalability of critical systems. You will bridge software engineering and systems administration, applying coding principles to infrastructure challenges and leading incident response with automation.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and automation tools, with collaboration across development and operations to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Systems Engineer with a strong focus on reliability.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Ruby).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their managed services.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and reliable production systems and infrastructure.
• Develop automation tools and scripts to streamline operational tasks, deployments, and incident response.
• Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions.
• Proactively identify and address potential performance bottlenecks and reliability issues.
• Participate in on-call rotation for incident management and rapid resolution of production issues.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure reliability and scalability are considered throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct post-mortems for incidents to identify root causes and implement preventative measures.
• Manage cloud infrastructure resources (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and associated services.
• Contribute to capacity planning and disaster recovery strategies.
• Champion SRE best practices and principles within the engineering organization in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

WhatJobs Direct in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga is seeking a seasoned Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance stability, performance, and scalability of critical systems. You will bridge software engineering and systems administration, applying coding principles to infrastructure challenges and leading incident response with automation.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and automation tools, with collaboration across development and operations to