Intermediate AWS DevOps Consultant

In brief

**Overview** This role is for an Intermediate AWS DevOps Consultant with Sabenza IT & Recruitment. The position focuses on leading the design, automation, security, reliability, and operational excellence of a production AWS platform, working in close collaboration with software engineering teams to ensure secure, reliable software delivery and highly available cloud environments. Key areas of focus include Cloud Infrastructure Engineering (40%), DevOps & CI/CD (30%), and Automation & Software Engineering (30%). **What you will do** * Design, implement, and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure with strong resilience and disaster recovery. * Own and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. * Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK and CloudFormation. * Apply least-privilege and Zero Trust principles; manage encryption, KMS, Secrets Manager, and remediate security findings. * Support production environments, participate in on-call, drive root-cause analysis, and improve platform reliability. * Mentor engineers, review infrastructure and application code, and lead modernisation initiatives. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Experience**: * Preferred: 5+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering, with strong production AWS experience at scale (enterprise, startup, or scale-up). * Alternative: 6+ years with significant production ownership, deep AWS operational experience, strong automation capability, and rapid technical progression (startup/scale-up experience a plus). * **Core AWS skills**: ECS, Lambda, VPC, Route53, CloudFront, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Organizations, cross-account architectures, and cloud security governance. * **Also required**: * Infrastructure as Code and automation. * Security fundamentals (encryption, IAM, least privilege, Zero Trust, Security by Design). * Databases: PostgreSQL and DynamoDB. * Comfortable reading, understanding, and modifying application code; developing automation tooling and scripts. * Equivalent practical experience will be considered in lieu of a tertiary qualification. **Who should apply** This role is ideal for candidates who have significant experience in Cloud, DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering, particularly with strong production AWS experience. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated ownership of production AWS platforms, a strong automation background, and experience with cloud transformation or modernisation initiatives, potentially having built cloud platforms from the ground up. Candidates from startup or scale-up environments are particularly valued. They should be proficient in core AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, security fundamentals, and specific database technologies, as well as being comfortable with application code and automation tooling. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/johannesburg/intermediate-aws-devops-consultant-id-7606860 Source: jobmail

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• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Git

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