Senior DevOps Engineer - Midrand /Hybrid - R1100k PA

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing technology team delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-based platforms within a regulated environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer passionate about automation, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD optimisation, cloud operations, and operational reliability. You will play a key role in improving software delivery efficiency, platform stability, observability, and cloud governance across mission-critical systems. Essential Experience & Skills • 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps and/or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles. • Strong focus on: • DevOps engineering • CI/CD automation • Infrastructure automation • Cloud operations • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate • Strong AWS experience within enterprise-scale environments. • Experience working with PCI-DSS compliant systems or highly regulated industries. • Proven experience implementing CI/CD pipelines across large delivery organisations. • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and workload automation capability. • Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions for hybrid and cloud environments. • Strong networking knowledge including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, and load balancing. • Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and cloud best practices. • Strong Linux administration and scripting capability. Preferred Technologies Experience with some or all of the following: • AWS • Terraform / CloudFormation • Kubernetes / Docker • Jenkins / GitLab CI / GitHub Actions • Python / Bash scripting • Prometheus / Grafana • ELK / OpenSearch • Ansible • GitOps tooling Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines across multiple delivery teams. • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management within AWS environments • Improve deployment reliability, release automation, and operational efficiency • Implement observability, monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions across hybrid and cloud-native platforms • Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to support reliable software delivery Reference Number for this position is GZ61339 which is a permanent position based in Midrand / Hybrid offering a cost to company salary of R1100k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on ***email_hidden*** or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities. Are you ready for a change of scenery? The e-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions. Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!