Senior DevOps Engineer

Jobgether

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Work arrangement
Remote
Occupation
Software & IT
Location
South Africa
Compensation
Not disclosed
Apply by
April 13, 2027

About this role

<h3>Accountabilities:</h3><li>Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient multi-region cloud infrastructure using modern cloud technologies and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices.</li><li>Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable, and automated software deployments across multiple environments.</li><li>Implement and improve monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions to strengthen observability, maximize service availability, and accelerate incident resolution.</li><li>Integrate DevSecOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle, including automated security checks, compliance controls, access management, and secrets management.</li><li>Develop and maintain internal developer platforms, automation frameworks, and self-service tools that improve engineering productivity and streamline service deployment and management.</li><li>Collaborate with engineering teams to establish infrastructure standards, improve system performance, and promote operational excellence.</li><li>Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, encourage automation-first practices, and contribute to continuous improvement across the platform.</li><li>Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation to support service reliability and respond to operational incidents when required.</li><h2>Requirements:</h2><li>Extensive experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, with a proven track record of building, operating, and scaling production infrastructure, ideally on AWS.</li><li>Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, with experience managing complex environments at scale.</li><li>Hands-on production experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS or equivalent container orchestration platforms.</li><li>Proven ability to design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Argo CD.</li><li>Practical experience with observability and monitoring technologies, including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or OpenSearch.</li><li>Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, Go, or comparable languages.</li><li>Solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals, network architecture, including VPCs, firewalls, and load balancers, identity and access management, permission segregation, and secrets management.</li><li>Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across distributed engineering teams.</li><li>Demonstrated technical ownership, a proactive approach to continuous improvement, and the ability to mentor colleagues and influence engineering best practices.</li><li>Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation.</li><li>Experience in regulated environments, payments, financial technology, or cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure is an advantage.</li><li>Familiarity with AI-assisted developer workflows and automation tools is a plus.</li><h2>Benefits:</h2><li>Fair and competitive compensation based on experience, skills, and relevant certifications.</li><li>Flexible working hours and a hybrid-friendly approach to remote work.</li><li>Flexible holiday arrangements to support work-life balance.</li><li>Opportunities to travel to international offices and collaborate with colleagues around the world.</li><li>A collaborative, open, and creative working environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and knowledge sharing.</li><li>The opportunity to contribute to the development of infrastructure supporting emerging financial technologies and global digital payments.</li><li>An inclusive, growth-oriented culture that values diverse perspectives and encourages candidates who meet most, but not necessarily all, of the requirements to apply.</li>

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