Cape Town: Senior DevOps Engineer (CPT Hybrid) posted by Datafin

December 8, 2025 Jobs in Cape Peninsula

Datafin

Western Cape

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Job Description

Senior DevOps Engineer (CPT Hybrid)IT – Software Development ~ IT – Infrastructure
Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa

ENVIRONMENT:

JOIN a team shaping the future of a high-performance platform of a provider of cutting-edge Tech Applications seeking to fill the critical role of a Senior DevOps Engineer. You will be responsible for monitoring and supporting cloud-based infrastructure, building and extending tooling to improve the reliability, monitoring, and availability of infrastructure while working closely with Software Devs to enable them to deploy and support their services in a diverse environment. The successful incumbent must have 6-8 years of relevant experience including having utilised various monitoring technologies to support production systems, monitoring and supporting workloads in hyperscaler clouds (GCP / AWS / Azure), monitoring and supporting workloads in Kubernetes & automating routine tasks which includes experience in bash scripting, Python, Go or similar.

DUTIES:

Responsible for monitoring and supporting cloud-based infrastructure.
Work closely with Software Developers to enable them to deploy and support their services in a diverse environment.
Build and extend tooling to improve the reliability, monitoring, and availability of infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues, including incident response. This includes root cause analysis.
Maintain automation as a first-class concept, especially around the deployment pipeline. They aim to do everything with IaC.
Work alongside a broader team of world-class Engineers, sharing knowledge and collaborating on various projects. This includes the mentoring and up-skilling of other Engineers.
Proactively identify and automate routine tasks.
Drive and implement run books to improve operational efficiencies.

REQUIREMENTS:

6-8 Years of experience

Using various monitoring technologies to support production systems.
Monitoring and supporting workloads in hyperscaler clouds (GCP / AWS / Azure).
Monitoring and supporting workloads in Kubernetes.
Automating routine tasks. This includes experience in bash scripting, Python, Go or similar.

Experience debugging issues, identifying faults, and enhancing observability software.
Proven production experience using IaaC to build and maintain infrastructure.
Software Engineering experience (Python, TypeScript or Go), including source code management.
Good working knowledge of Linux, networking, and database administration.
Production experience deploying changes using Continuous Deployment tools like GitHub or similar.

ATTRIBUTES:

Team Player: A collaborative individual who will complement a skilled team. You should be a proactive team member, sharing knowledge and supporting your colleagues to achieve collective goals.
Leadership: Ability to lead a small team of other DevOps Engineers.
Passion for Development: A keen interest in staying up-to-date with the latest Backend technologies, Automation and best practices.

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