DevOps Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- South Africa; Kenya
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Experience working in Terraform-heavy environments.
- Multi-cloud infrastructure experience.
- Experience supporting high-traffic or high-availability applications.
- Familiarity with microservices architectures.
- Cloud cost optimization experience.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and platform engineering.
Full description
DevOps Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure & Automation) – RemoteAWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD | Cloud InfrastructurePosition Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: Flexible (Aligned with U.S. Business Hours)
About the Role
At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and scale modern cloud infrastructure that powers high-performing applications and engineering teams.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), monitoring, and platform reliability. You’ll work closely with software engineers to improve deployment processes, automate workflows, strengthen infrastructure security, and ensure production environments remain scalable and resilient.
If you’re passionate about automation, cloud-native technologies, and building reliable systems that enable engineering teams to move faster, this role is built for you.
What You’ll Own
Cloud Infrastructure
- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure across:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Build scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments.
- Optimize cloud architecture for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Support production infrastructure and disaster recovery planning.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Build and maintain infrastructure using:
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- Pulumi
- Manage infrastructure through version-controlled deployments.
- Standardize infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
- Continuously improve automation and infrastructure consistency.
CI/CD & Automation
- Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using:
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- Automate application deployments, testing, and release workflows.
- Improve deployment speed while maintaining reliability.
- Reduce manual operational tasks through automation.
Containers & Kubernetes
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Maintain scalable and resilient Kubernetes clusters.
- Optimize container orchestration and workload performance.
- Support application scalability across multiple environments.
Monitoring & Reliability
- Implement monitoring and observability using: