South Africa: Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Join a dynamic engineering team driving innovation. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll work alongside cross-functional teams to build and scale a mission-critical internal data platform. Your expertise in cloud automation, infrastructure as code, and DevOps tooling will help enable robust, secure, and high-performing services within a highly agile environment using the SAFe framework. What you’ll do: Design, deploy maintain cloud infrastructure using Microsoft Azure. Automate infrastructure provisioning using PowerShell, YAML, Azure Bicep, and ARM templates. Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for continuous delivery of reliable services. Conduct security assessments, manage vulnerabilities, and apply mitigation strategies. Develop infrastructure tools libraries in Python/PySpark to support Databricks environments. Collaborate with developers, solution architects, and product owners to deliver sprint-level objectives. Create and maintain technical documentation for infrastructure components and platform features. Participate in SAFe PI Planning, contributing to sprint estimations, task breakdowns, and delivery milestones. Your Expertise: 3 years of hands-on experience with Azure Cloud infrastructure. Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using PowerShell, YAML, and Azure Bicep. CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps. Strong understanding of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments. Experience with GitHub for source control and version management. Experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, ETL pipeline development, and Data Engineering. Exposure to Linux OS and general scripting (Bash, Python). Familiarity with agile methodologies, especially SAFe. Proven ability to conduct code reviews and enforce development standards. Qualification Minimum NQF 7 qualification: BSc/BCom/BTech in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems Engineering, or equivalent. Must qualify for a valid South African work visa if not a South African citizen Other information applicable to the opportunity: Contract position Nice-to-Have / Advantageous: Experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, ETL pipeline development, and Data Engineering. Exposure to Linux OS and general scripting (Bash, Python). Familiarity with agile methodologies, especially SAFe. Proven ability to conduct code reviews and enforce development standards. Success Criteria in This Role Deliver infrastructure tasks as part of 8-week Program Increments (PIs), broken down into 2-week sprints. Produce high-quality code with sufficient test evidence and documentation that passes architecture reviews. Demonstrate proactive problem-solving—escalate blockers, collaborate effectively, and contribute to team delivery. Support fellow developers and uphold team cohesion and reliability standards.