Lead DevOps Engineer

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🕒 August 4

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⛑ DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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CloudSmiths

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

CloudSmiths is a technology services company providing comprehensive cloud services focused on digital transformation. They specialize in AI and analytics solutions, automating processes and predicting customer needs to enhance decision-making and empower staff. CloudSmiths is recognized for their innovative cloud engineering, data-driven CRM solutions, and strategic technology planning. They focus on optimizing IT expenses and managing resources efficiently. A trusted partner for leading companies worldwide, CloudSmiths also holds specializations with Google Cloud and partners with Asana and Slack to enhance collaboration and work management.

📋 Description

• Architect, scale, and lead reliable, high-performance, secure production ecosystems for enterprise clients • Design and deploy secure, scalable GCP Landing Zones • Act as the technical authority for DevOps and SRE practices on GCP • Architect high-availability systems across complex multi-tenant environments • Standardize enterprise-grade infrastructure-as-code principles using Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager • Drive monitoring and observability initiatives with Grafana, Prometheus, and Google Cloud Observability • Design, optimize, and govern scalable CI/CD pipelines • Lead complex, high-priority production incident response and root cause analysis • Cultivate a proactive, blameless post-mortem culture • Manage complex workloads and mentor intermediate and junior engineers • Communicate project milestones and technical roadmaps to internal leadership and external enterprise stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability role • At least 2+ years of experience in a senior or lead capacity • Production-proven experience architecting and managing GCP infrastructure, security frameworks, and cost-optimization strategies • Experience designing and deploying secure, scalable GCP Landing Zones • Expert-level experience with Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, and complex container orchestration at scale • Advanced UNIX/Linux system administration and performance tuning • Expert scripting capabilities in Python, Go, or Bash/Shell • Strong mastery of configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet • Degree or Diploma in IT, Computer Science, or equivalent practical industry experience • Google Cloud Professional certifications are highly advantageous and preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work • Flexibility of working from anywhere • Opportunity to use the latest GCP-native tools • Innovative environment that encourages challenging the status quo