Platform/ DevOps Engineer
Platform/DevOps engineer at a consulting firm in Cape Town who designs, builds, and maintains scalable AWS cloud platforms: writing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), automating deployments via CI/CD, running Docker/Kubernetes workloads, adding monitoring/observability, and applying security best practices.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services
- Experience with Linux and open-source technologies
- Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch
- Networking, security, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals
- Experience with Git and configuration management tools
Nice to have
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms
- Knowledge of cloud security and DevSecOps practices
- Experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch
- Experience with open-source platform engineering tools and technologies
- Experience working in Agile environments
Full description
Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 10/26/2026
CyberPro Consulting is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer with strong expertise in AWS cloud services and open-source technologies to support the design, development, automation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and reliable technology platforms.
The ideal candidate will have experience building and managing cloud-native environments, implementing Infrastructure as Code, automating deployments, and supporting containerised applications using modern DevOps practices and open-source tools.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment.
Manage containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Work with open-source technologies to build and support cloud-native platforms.
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimisation.
Apply security best practices across cloud infrastructure and platform services.
Support platform reliability, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
Collaborate with software engineers, architects, security teams, and DevOps professionals.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues.
Promote automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement.
Essential Technical Skills
Strong experience with AWS cloud services.
Experience with Linux and open-source technologies.
Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
Docker and Kubernetes.
Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch.
Networking, security, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals.
Experience with Git and configuration management tools.
Preferred Experience
Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms.
Knowledge of cloud security and DevSecOps practices.
Experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch.
Experience with open-source platform engineering tools and technologies.
Experience working in Agile environments.