AWS DevOps Engineer
Infrastructure
Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa
AWS DevOps Engineer
Hybrid | Gardens, Cape Town | Permanent
Up To R75k pm
If you’re the kind of engineer who enjoys solving real infrastructure problems – quietly making the complex run smoothly in the background – this might be a great fit for you.
This is a Cape Town-based company doing big work in the payment infrastructure space. Their platform supports some of the world’s biggest brands as they expand into South Africa and beyond. Think high transaction volumes, security at scale, and uptime that can’t flinch. It’s smart, high-stakes engineering—but with a strong focus on doing things properly.
About the role
They’re looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer who knows how to build for reliability, visibility, and security. You’ll be the one designing scalable AWS infrastructure, building slick CI/CD pipelines, and keeping the monitoring sharp enough to spot trouble before it starts. You’ll also help developers ship faster, without cutting corners.
You’ll report into the VP of Engineering and join a small, highly capable team that likes asking "Why?" and enjoys solving the harder stuff.
Key things you’ll work on:
- Building out infrastructure using Terraform (lots of it)
- Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions ideally)
- Designing secure cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Keeping systems observable and monitored (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.)
- Managing incidents and working on continuous improvements
- Supporting dev teams to move faster, safer
- Writing clean documentation and owning your space
Who they’re looking for
Someone who’s curious, capable, and comfortable in their craft. You’re not afraid of complexity—you enjoy making it cleaner. You’re probably the kind of person who reads logs like bedtime stories and gets a quiet thrill from clean deployments.
You should have:
- 3+ years as a DevOps Engineer or similar
- Strong Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code experience
- Solid AWS experience and cloud-first mindset
- Docker and Kubernetes (Helm is a plus)
- Secure networking and systems thinking
- Bash or Python scripting skills
- Experience with observability and alerting tools
- Incident response experience and good communication chops
Bonus points if you’ve tackled:
- Zero-downtime deployments
- Scaling infra with growing traffic volumes
- Developer tooling to boost speed without risking quality
- Balancing security, speed, and compliance in fintech/payments
What they offer:
- Hybrid work setup (Cape Town-based)
- High autonomy and trust
- Sharp teammates, clean processes, and strong engineering standards
- An environment where ambition is backed with action
Keen to build infrastructure that matters?
This is your chance to join a sharp, focused team helping global brands grow in Africa. If you’ve got the skill and the mindset, we’d love to hear from you.