Senior SRE: Azure/Kubernetes Reliability Lead (Hybrid)

Sana Commerce; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impact from day one

Continuous learning and mentorship

Hybrid flexibility

Job summary

A fast-moving SaaS company is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the reliability and scalability of their global e-commerce platform. The role requires strong expertise in Azure and Kubernetes, with responsibilities including leading incident responses, optimizing environments, and building observability systems. Candidates should have over 5 years of related experience and an automation-first mindset. This position offers hybrid work flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure.
• Production-level expertise with Azure and Kubernetes.
• Strong ability in observability engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response and drive investigations for system reliability.
• Manage and optimize Azure Kubernetes environments.
• Build observability systems and develop metrics using various tools.

Skills

5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles

Strong Azure and Kubernetes expertise

Observability engineering using Dynatrace

Skilled in PowerShell, Bash, Python, or C#

Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code

Solid grasp of TCP/IP and networking fundamentals

Strong communication skills

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Tools

Dynatrace

Honeycomb

Elastic

Grafana/Kibana

Azure Monitor

Job description

A fast-moving SaaS company is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the reliability and scalability of their global e-commerce platform. The role requires strong expertise in Azure and Kubernetes, with responsibilities including leading incident responses, optimizing environments, and building observability systems. Candidates should have over 5 years of related experience and an automation-first mindset. This position offers hybrid work flexibility.