Senior DevOps Engineer AWS (IC)

Deployment and operations

• Collaborate with software engineering teams to enable seamless integration and deployment of backend services, such as JAVA, .NET or Python, Node.js, and containerized applications
• Implement blue/green or canary deployment strategies using AWS services, ensuring safe and traceable rollouts with automated rollback capabilities
• Integrate unit and functional / API testing frameworks (e.g. pytest, Postman / Newman, LocalStack) into the CI pipeline to ensure code quality and deployment readiness
• Establish and enforce conventions for test execution, container image tagging, versioning strategies, and reusable CI/CD components across repositories
• Manage production deployments, change windows, and release coordination across development, staging, and production environments

Monitoring, security and compliance

• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability solutions such as CloudWatch, X-Ray, and third-party APM tools
• Monitor and optimize system performance, deployment efficiency, resource utilization, and cloud costs across all environments
• Implement and maintain security best practices including WAF (well-architecture framework and OWASP), secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Parameter Store), IAM policies, security scanning (SAST / DAST), and compliance controls
• Configure alerting and incident response workflows, and lead post-incident reviews
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations (ISO 27001, SOC2, POPIA) relevant to client requirements

Leadership & client engagement

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior DevOps engineers and development teams
• Engage directly with clients to understand requirements, provide technical advisory, and present solutions to stakeholders
• Participate in architectural reviews, retrospectives, and planning sessions to continuously improve deployment processes and tooling
• Conduct training sessions and create documentation to establish DevOps best practices across teams and clients
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including solution design, effort estimation, and technical proposals
• Attend and partake in a minimum of 90% of relevant official DVT events (Staff Events, Department events etc.)

Requirement experience and skills

The successful candidate will have:

• 7+ years of experience in Cloud DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or related roles, with a strong focus on CI/CD and infrastructure automation
• Deep proficiency in AWS services including but not limited to: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC, Route53, CloudFront, IAM (Identity Center), CloudWatch, and X-Ray
• Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform required, CloudFormation beneficial) including remote state management, module development, and multi-environment strategies
• Strong experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI, or Jenkins)
• Advanced scripting skills in Bash or Python for automation and tooling development
• Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Helm beneficial)
• Proven experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar APM solutions)
• Strong understanding of AWS networking concepts including VPC design, security groups, load balancers, DNS, and hybrid connectivity
• Experience with secrets management solutions (AWS Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, HashiCorp Vault)
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and tools including security scanning (SCA, SAST, DAST), vulnerability management, and compliance automation
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and tools (pytest, Postman / Newman, LocalStack, or similar)
• Understanding of configuration management and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling deployments)
• Experience with AWS cost optimization, tagging strategies, and FinOps practices
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional and client-facing environments
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps culture, and SRE principles
• Experience working in consulting or professional services environments with multiple concurrent client engagements