Job Description
Location: Cape Town (Century City), On-Site
Salary: R 720,000 R 960,000 Annual CTC
Benefits: Medical Aid Contribution
The Role: Key Responsibilities & Daily Duties
We are seeking a seasoned Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, automate, and secure the core infrastructure platform. You will be instrumental in building robust, scalable, and efficient systems.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Kubernetes Cluster Management: Designing, deploying, and managing high-availability, scalable Kubernetes clusters on private cloud (Proxmox) infrastructure.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Developing and maintaining automated deployments using OpenTofu (Terraform), integrated with GitLab CI/CD pipelines to provision and manage clusters and underlying VMs.
- Secrets Management: Implementing and managing secure secrets storage and dynamic access for applications using OpenBao, ensuring compliance with security best practices.
- Networking & Ingress: Configuring and optimizing cluster networking using Antrea (CNI) and managing ingress with Project Contour.
- Monitoring & Reliability: Setting up comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting with tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure system health and performance.
- Collaboration & Documentation: Working closely with development and security teams to align infrastructure with application needs and documenting configurations and processes for knowledge sharing.
The Ideal Tech Stack & Experience
- Essential: 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on Kubernetes in production environments.
- Essential: Proven experience managing Kubernetes on private cloud/bare-metal (e.g., using Proxmox).
- Essential: Strong, hands-on experience with OpenTofu (or Terraform) for IaC and GitLab CI/CD for automation.
- Essential: Expertise in secrets management using OpenBao or HashiCorp Vault in a production setting.
- Highly Advantageous: Experience with GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux), Helm, and a deep understanding of security frameworks.
- Advantageous: Certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
Qualifications & Skills
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, OR equivalent practical experience.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, container runtimes (CRI-O), and orchestration.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a proactive approach to reliability and security.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Ability to clearly and concisely document complex systems.
Why Join Our Client?
- Deep Technical Challenge: Build and manage the critical infrastructure for advanced robotics systems, far beyond typical web applications.
- Master Modern Tools: Work with a leading-edge stack including Kubernetes, OpenTofu, OpenBao, and GitLab CI in a sophisticated private cloud environment.
- Ownership & Impact: Take full ownership of the infrastructure platform that is vital to the company’s core operations and success.
- Pioneering Environment: Be part of a team that is solving complex, real-world problems with technology and has a tangible global impact.
- Focused Work Environment: An on-site role in Century City designed for deep collaboration and focused engineering work.
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