DevOps Jobs in South Africa
There are 594 open DevOps jobs in South Africa on freehire right now. 227 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, devops and ci-cd.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZAR | year | ZAR 1,000,000 | ZAR 1,200,000 | ZAR 1,500,000 | 38 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 65%
- devops 59%
- ci-cd 57%
- automation 49%
- aws 42%
- azure 41%
- kubernetes 38%
- infrastructure-as-code 37%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 51 · 9%
- Remote 26 · 4%
- Onsite 7 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 0% of the 9 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 179
- Lead 45
- Junior 14
- Middle 6
- C-level 3
- Intern 2
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 22
- 501-1000 employees 16
- 11-50 employees 12
- 51-200 employees 7
Azure DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & IaC Specialist
Build and maintain Azure-based CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code to automate software delivery for a fintech company.
Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS, CI/CD & Reliability
Senior DevOps Engineer builds and maintains secure, scalable AWS environments with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring for a leading banking team.
Principal Platform Engineer
Principal DevOps engineer building and operating cloud-native platforms for clients using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps pipelines.
VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Maintains and optimizes VMware virtualized environments, troubleshooting infrastructure and collaborating with a small technical team to enhance virtualized systems and support business/client needs.
Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes, AWS
Maintain and automate Kubernetes clusters on AWS, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure for production workloads.
Open-Source Database Administrator
Maintain and optimize open-source databases (primarily PostgreSQL) for high availability, security, and performance, supporting critical business applications and collaborating with DevOps and SecOps teams.
Infrastructure Engineer - Kubernetes Platform
You design, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across multiple datacenters, automate infrastructure, and ensure platform reliability through troubleshooting and on-call support.
Infrastructure Engineer - Core Infrastructure
You maintain and scale an OpenStack private cloud, troubleshoot Ceph storage, and build automation to keep the fintech platform reliable.
Senior Database Administrator
Senior Database Administrator to scale PostgreSQL clusters, build vector data capabilities, and automate database workflows for a fintech and AI company.
Senior AI Compute Infrastructure Engineer
Engineer and optimize GPU clusters for AI training and inference, build scheduling/orchestration systems, and improve performance, cost, and reliability of AI infrastructure.
Associate Platform Infrastructure Engineer
Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters, VPCs, and shared cloud infrastructure for 600+ engineers using Java and IaC, ensuring reliable foundations for ecommerce partnership tools.
Platform Engineer
Build and operate the shared infrastructure substrate (Kubernetes, VPCs, Kafka) that supports 600+ product engineers, writing production Java code and IaC modules to scale the platform reliably.
Senior Sql Database Administrator Parktown
Maintains and optimizes Microsoft SQL Server databases, handles backups/restores, and leads small teams while ensuring performance and security.
Database Administrator Specialist
Manages and optimizes DB2 for z/OS databases on MVS/CICS, handles user access, performance tuning, and release management for a mainframe-based enterprise system.
Senior Platform Engineer
Build and run the shared cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, VPCs, Kafka) that powers Impact.com’s ecommerce partnership platform, using IaC and GitOps to let teams deploy reliably at scale.
Senior Platform Engineer (Developer Experience)
Build and maintain an Internal Developer Portal that 600+ engineers use daily to scaffold services, discover platform capabilities, and adopt best practices using React, Java, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
Systems administrator - east london
Maintains and secures on-prem and cloud IT infrastructure, troubleshoots issues, and manages user accounts and backups for a client’s systems.
Server systems administrator midrand
Maintains and secures enterprise server, storage, and virtualization systems (Hyper-V, Azure) for a school network, automates tasks with PowerShell, and mentors the IT team.
Cloud engineer
Designs, builds, and maintains AWS-based cloud infrastructure for a large retail group, using Terraform, Kubernetes, and Python to support analytics and DevOps workflows.
Sas aml platform devops engineer - 12-month contract
Maintains and automates the AML platform’s infrastructure, ensuring uptime and smooth CI/CD deployments for a financial-services compliance product.