Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer

Simplify HR • Professional Services • Human Resources • Bachelor's Degree • Python • SQL • Bash • 1 month ago
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$45k per year
Location
Hybrid (South Africa)
Seniority
Senior · 5+ years exp

First seen by Alion on Sep 3, 2026. Simplify HR scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Simplify HR

Founded in 2017, Simplify.hr is a recruitment technology and HR software company specializing in cloud-based applicant tracking systems (ATS) and talent acquisition management. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, the company operates within the Naspers technology network. Through its multi-channel job distribution tools, digital onboarding workflows, candidate relationship management systems, and automated hiring pipelines, it enables enterprises and employers to streamline talent acquisition and optimize recruitment processes.
simplify.hr • HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • Software • Recruiting Software & ATS • Professional Services • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2000
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A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid based on location.

Responsibilities:

  • Infrastructure as Code: Provision and operate production Kubernetes (AKS) and Azure infrastructure using modular Terraform.

  • CI/CD Automation: Maintain GitHub Actions pipelines featuring quality gates, security checks, and automated deployments.

  • Observability & SRE: Own monitoring, alerting, SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response across environments.

  • Security & Access: Manage platform secrets, network controls (VNets, private endpoints), and Entra ID identity governance.

  • Developer Enablement: Partner with engineering teams to resolve operational bottlenecks and drive reliability standards.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Experience: 5+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering (including 2-3 years operating K8s in production and 2+ years on Azure).

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Certifications: CKA, CKAD, or Azure Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer certifications are advantageous.

  • Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving ability, clear technical communication, and the capacity to operate autonomously within a hybrid/remote team.

  • Azure Platform: Production experience with AKS, ADLS Gen2, Key Vault, Entra ID (Workload/Managed Identities), VNets/Private Endpoints, and Service Bus (or equivalent broker).

  • Production Kubernetes: Advanced operational depth in Helm chart authoring, operator deployment, node-pool sizing, pod troubleshooting, and cluster upgrades.

  • Terraform: Proven ability to author modular IaC, manage state safely, and maintain strict plan/apply disciplines.

  • Containerization & CI/CD: Hands-on Docker (multi-arch builds, optimization) and GitHub Actions pipeline development with required status checks.

  • Observability: Practical experience configuring Prometheus + Grafana, structured logging, and SLO-based alerting.

  • Linux & Automation: Strong Bash scripting with clean, code-maintained operational tooling.

  • Preferred Experience

    • Data Platforms: Apache Spark on K8s (Spark Operator/Connect), JupyterHub, Delta Lake, Trino, Hive Metastore, or Apache Ranger.

    • Advanced Telemetry: OpenTelemetry (SDKs/Collector topology) and OpenLineage/Marquez integration.

    • Languages & Databases: Intermediate Python (infrastructure testing/pytest) and basic DBA management for SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

    • Compliance & Isolation: Multi-tenant architecture design, dependency auditing, image provenance, and POPIA/GDPR/ISO 27001 controls.

Benefits:

Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)

IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to [email protected]

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