DevOps Engineer (Mid - Senior) - (Cape Town – Hybrid)

Recruiter:

Datafin IT Recruitment

Job Ref:

1589725064

Date posted:

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

ENVIRONMENT:

A Company who builds and scales AI, SaaS and Talent platforms, is looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud-native environments. You will be responsible for automating infrastructure, improving deployment pipelines, and ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable systems.

DUTIES:

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
Manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized environments
Automate deployment and scaling processes
Ensure system reliability, monitoring, and alerting
Collaborate with development teams to improve workflows
Optimize performance and cloud costs

REQUIREMENTS:

Core Technologies

Cloud: AWS (preferred), Azure or GCP
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
Infrastructure: Terraform
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS DevOps tools

Core Requirements

3–5+ years’ experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
Experience with Docker and containerization
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Strong problem-solving skills
Strong English communication

Certifications (Preferred)

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
AWS DevOps Engineer certification

Education

BSc Computer Science / IT or HBO/WO Informatica

Nice-to-Have

Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Security best practices
Experience in SaaS or product environments

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