Senior DevOps Engineer (Cape Town)

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Location:	Cape Town
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#GZ61002
Company:	e-Merge IT Recruitment

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable, and automated platforms?

Join our team to lead the development and operation of cutting-edge Kubernetes-based systems across AWS-hosted SaaS and on-premises customer deployments. We are currently searching for a Senior DevOps Engineer.

What we’re looking for:

Hands-on extensive experience with Kubernetes in production and AWS EKS
Strong skills in Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps practices (ArgoCD preferred)
Linux systems administration experience and knowledge of container orchestration
Familiarity with cloud and on-premises environments, monitoring, alerting, and networking fundamentals
Strong problem-solving, documentation, and mentorship abilities

Nice-to-have:

CKA, CKAD, or similar certifications
Experience with SRE principles, Kubernetes storage solutions, Cloudflare, Azure
Software engineering background and customer-hosted platform experience

What you’ll do:

Platform engineering and operations: Design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes platforms (AWS EKS & on-prem deployments) to ensure reliability, availability, and performance
Infrastructure automation: Build and maintain infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, drive reusable modules, and streamline provisioning and lifecycle management
Kubernetes and GitOps Expertise: Maintain and evolve GitOps workflows (ArgoCD), support Helm-based deployments, and optimize environment consistency and rollback mechanisms

Position details:

Reference: GZ61002
Location: Cape Town / remote
Type: Permanent
Salary: R1000k negotiable (based on experience and ability)

How to apply:

Contact Garth at

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or call 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Why e-Merge?

We are a specialist IT recruitment agency, connecting the right developers with the right companies. Explore more opportunities at www.e-merge.co.za.

�� Referral bonus: Know a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!

I can also create a matching “LinkedIn / social media ready” version for both this DevOps role and the senior full stack role, so they look consistent as part of one campaign.

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