South Africa: Senior Hybrid Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer – Remote – R1m PA posted by E-Merge

An elite AI and data-driven consulting group is building a bench of Senior Infrastructure Engineers to deploy into complex, high-impact client environments.

This is not a junior ops role; This is not a “keep the lights on” position.

You’ll be dropped into environments that are messy, critical, or half-built – and expected to stabilise, modernise, and set the standard for what good looks like.

If you’re the engineer people call when systems are on fire, under-designed, or mission-critical – this role is built for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing, deploying, and operating hybrid infrastructure (on-prem + AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Leading on-prem cloud / hybrid migrations with minimal downtime
• Driving cloud optimisation across cost, performance, and scalability
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
• Monitoring and troubleshooting with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK
• Ensuring security, resilience, DR, and compliance best practices
• Modernising and maintaining on-prem environments
  (Linux/Windows, VMware/Hyper-V, networking, storage)
• Partnering with DevOps, Security, and Engineering teams to support CI/CD pipelines
• Providing hands-on technical leadership to client engineering teams
• Participating in on-call rotations and capacity planning when required
• Producing clear, auditable documentation for architectures and processes

What We’re Looking For

• Senior-level infrastructure experience (this is not a learning role)
• Strong, hands-on expertise across hybrid cloud environments
• Proven delivery in complex, client-facing engagements
• Deep practical experience with IaC and automation
• Ability to work independently and influence technical direction
• Comfortable being dropped into unfamiliar environments and taking control fast

The Environment

• High-end consulting
• AI-first, data-driven clients
• Project-based work with real technical depth
• Engineers are trusted, not micromanaged

Interested – or want a confidential discussion?
Contact Garth at *****@*****.co.za
Reference: GZ60950
(***)***-****

Referral fees paid for successful introductions.