# SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER (AWS) – JHB (HYBRID) – UP TO R1.3M PER ANNUM

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Company: e-Merge Recruitment

Category: Information & Communication Technology

Location: South Africa

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-13

Expires: 2026-09-27

## Job Description

If you can make AWS, automation and CI/CD work together without needing three coffees, a prayer and a reboot… we want to hear from you! 😂☕

Join a forward-thinking technology environment where innovation, collaboration and continuous learning is encouraged. You will have the opportunity to grow your expertise, work on exciting technology challenges, collaborate with passionate professionals who enjoy being part of a team that makes technology happen.

If you are ready to build, automate, optimise and occasionally save the day – APPLY NOW!!!

### Experience / Knowledge

- 7+ years hands-on experience in a DevOps or SRE role, with a clear weighting toward DevOps engineering, automation, and CI/CD delivery.

- Site Reliability Engineering experience is a strong advantage

- Hands-on experience in AWS environment, preferably in financial services with PCI-DSS compliant systems.

- Demonstrable track record implementing CI/CD pipeline automation across functional areas of a delivery organisation.

- Strong AWS workload automation experience covering infrastructure provisioning and software configuration rollout.

- Practical experience implementing observability for hybrid and cloud-based environments.

- Strong working knowledge of networking principles and protocols.

- Working understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and how to apply it in practice.

Reference Number for this position is MAT61339 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a salary of up to R1.3m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Mavis on mavism@e-merge.co.za or call her on011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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## Requirements

Apply by email: mavism@e-merge.co.za

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