Devops AND Cloud (AWS) Infrastructure Lead

This is a company where culture truly matters—it’s at the heart of everything they do. It shapes how they work, how they collaborate, and how they build trusted partnerships with their clients.

Their culture drives behaviour, sparks innovation, and creates a positive, engaging, and genuinely fulfilling place to work. If you’re a passionate team player with a vibrant personality, you’ll feel right at home here.

They’re on the hunt for a DevOps and Infrastructure Lead ready to make a real impact. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role where you’ll lead the evolution of their existing infrastructure into a modern, cloud-first DevOps capability. You’ll balance operational excellence with strategic leadership, ensuring platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, and future-ready.

This is a standout opportunity for someone who thrives on transformation—bridging legacy environments with modern DevOps practices, delivering rock-solid reliability today while building a powerful foundation for tomorrow.

What you need to land an interview:

 

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in infrastructure or system administration
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a leadership or team management role as a DevOps Lead
• Knowledge and experience with ISO27001:2022, including implementation and compliance preferred
• Experience with CAB processes, patching cycles, and disaster recovery frameworks
• Familiarity with managing internal tooling and supporting custom platforms (advantageous)
• Prior experience in a B2B SME environment preferred
• Experience in AWS

Qualifications required:

 

• Formal tertiary qualification in IT or related field (advantageous)
• Certifications such as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CompTIA Linux+, ITIL, or ISO27001 Lead Implementer (advantageous)
• Equivalent experience in lieu of formal qualification will be considered

Reference Number for this position is CL60940 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company salary of up to R900K per annum depending on experience and ability. Contact Candace Logie on az.oc.egrem-e@lecadnac or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 29 Jan 08:32, Closing date 29 Mar