DevOps Engineer
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #GZ60976 |
| Company: | E-Merge IT Recruitment |
We’re hiring a
hands-on DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimise cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform operations across
AWS & Azure.
You’ll work on production systems supporting
Symfony/Laravel platforms, React/Next.js apps, ElectronJS, and modern API services.
If you enjoy combining
technical delivery + architectural influence, this is a high-impact role where you’ll shape infrastructure from day one.
What you’ll be doing- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure in AWS & Azure
- Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker)
- Support production PHP platforms (Symfony and Laravel)
- Improve performance, scalability, security, and cost efficiency
- Manage Linux servers, monitoring, logging, and alerting
- Support database design, backups, and high availability
- Implement API-driven architectures (REST, auth, versioning)
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues
- Implement container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred)
- Work with caching/queue systems (Redis, RabbitMQ, SQS)
Tech environmentCore experience:- 3+ years DevOps / Cloud / Infrastructure
- AWS + Azure provisioning & automation
- CI/CD pipelines & cloud deployments
- Docker + Kubernetes
- Linux server administration
- Networking and security (VPCs, VPNs, IAM, load balancing)
- SQL databases, backups & migrations
- Supporting production PHP environments
Bonus:- High-traffic or global platforms
- Observability tooling
- Cost optimisation experience
Why consider this role?- Work on globally used platforms
- Influence architecture & platform strategy
- Strong technical autonomy
- Hybrid role in Cape Town
- Up to R1m p/a (negotiable)
Interested or know someone great?Ref:
GZ60976az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag011 463 3633
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Posted on 19 Feb 10:11, Closing date 20 Apr