Infrastructure Lead and DevOps

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Reference: BIT005254-Rein-1

A leading technology-driven organisation is seeking an experienced DevOps & Infrastructure Lead to drive the transformation of its traditional infrastructure and support function into a modern DevOps-oriented capability. This is a strategic leadership role combining operational accountability with technical direction to ensure the stability scalability and modernisation of critical platforms and systems.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Transformation & Strategy

Lead the transition from traditional infrastructure to a DevOps-driven operating model
Establish and embed Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices across all environments
Implement observability monitoring and reliability frameworks
Drive automation and AI-enabled efficiencies to reduce manual workload
Maintain system stability uptime and compliance throughout the transformation

Infrastructure Automation & Observability

Design automate and manage cloud and on-premise hosting environments
Implement and maintain IaC using tools such as Terraform and Ansible
Establish comprehensive monitoring across servers databases and services
Analyse operational trends and automate resolutions to recurring issues
Maintain high availability targets (99.7% uptime)

DevOps Enablement

Collaborate with development teams to support containerisation CI/CD and release automation
Champion developer enablement through improved internal tooling and workflows
Ensure environment consistency security and scalability through shared standards

Security Compliance & Governance

Enforce ISO 27001:2022 technical controls and secure configurations
Align with information security risk and disaster recovery practices
Manage change governance through CAB processes and post-implementation reviews
Support audit readiness and regulatory compliance efforts

Platforms & Systems Management

Oversee AWS and on-premise infrastructure including EC2 VPC Fargate SQS RDS and related services
Manage Linux environments NGINX PHP runtimes MySQL and MongoDB
Maintain domains DNS and Microsoft 365 environments
Ensure effective backup recovery and capacity planning

Documentation & Leadership

Maintain high-quality infrastructure documentation (diagrams SOPs architecture artefacts)
Build and mentor a high-performing systems administration team
Promote a culture of accountability continuous improvement and operational excellence
Represent infrastructure within internal operational forums

Key Requirements

Minimum 7 years experience in infrastructure or systems administration
At least 3 years leadership or team management experience
Minimum 2 years experience working with AWS and DevOps practices
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible)
Knowledge of ISO 27001:2022 implementation and compliance (advantageous)
Experience with CAB patch cycles and disaster recovery frameworks
Strong automation and scripting experience

Qualifications (Advantageous)

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
CompTIA Linux
ITIL or ISO 27001 certifications
Formal IT qualification (or equivalent experience)

For more exciting IT vacancies visit: also specialise in recruiting for:

Software Developers (Back-End Front-End Full Stack)
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Business & Systems Analysts
BI & SQL Experts
UI/UX Professionals
Data Scientists & Data Analysts
Big Data Professionals
Cloud Experts
Infrastructure Specialists
DevOps & SecOps Engineers
Cybersecurity Specialists
SEO / Digital Designers

Please note: If you have not received feedback within two weeks please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain in our database for future opportunities.

For more information contact:
Reinie Du Preez
Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant
Email:

Package & Remuneration

70000.00 - 75000.0 - Monthly

Reference: BIT005254-Rein-1A leading technology-driven organisation is seeking an experienced DevOps & Infrastructure Lead to drive the transformation of its traditional infrastructure and support function into a modern DevOps-oriented capability. This is a strategic leadership role combining operat...

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Transformation & Strategy

Lead the transition from traditional infrastructure to a DevOps-driven operating model
Establish and embed Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices across all environments
Implement observability monitoring and reliability frameworks
Drive automation and AI-enabled efficiencies to reduce manual workload
Maintain system stability uptime and compliance throughout the transformation

Infrastructure Automation & Observability

Design automate and manage cloud and on-premise hosting environments
Implement and maintain IaC using tools such as Terraform and Ansible
Establish comprehensive monitoring across servers databases and services
Analyse operational trends and automate resolutions to recurring issues
Maintain high availability targets (99.7% uptime)

DevOps Enablement

Collaborate with development teams to support containerisation CI/CD and release automation
Champion developer enablement through improved internal tooling and workflows
Ensure environment consistency security and scalability through shared standards

Security Compliance & Governance

Enforce ISO 27001:2022 technical controls and secure configurations
Align with information security risk and disaster recovery practices
Manage change governance through CAB processes and post-implementation reviews
Support audit readiness and regulatory compliance efforts

Platforms & Systems Management

Oversee AWS and on-premise infrastructure including EC2 VPC Fargate SQS RDS and related services
Manage Linux environments NGINX PHP runtimes MySQL and MongoDB
Maintain domains DNS and Microsoft 365 environments
Ensure effective backup recovery and capacity planning

Documentation & Leadership

Maintain high-quality infrastructure documentation (diagrams SOPs architecture artefacts)
Build and mentor a high-performing systems administration team
Promote a culture of accountability continuous improvement and operational excellence
Represent infrastructure within internal operational forums

Key Requirements

Minimum 7 years experience in infrastructure or systems administration
At least 3 years leadership or team management experience
Minimum 2 years experience working with AWS and DevOps practices
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible)
Knowledge of ISO 27001:2022 implementation and compliance (advantageous)
Experience with CAB patch cycles and disaster recovery frameworks
Strong automation and scripting experience

Qualifications (Advantageous)

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
CompTIA Linux
ITIL or ISO 27001 certifications
Formal IT qualification (or equivalent experience)

For more exciting IT vacancies visit: also specialise in recruiting for:

Software Developers (Back-End Front-End Full Stack)
Mobile Developers
Business & Systems Analysts
BI & SQL Experts
UI/UX Professionals
Data Scientists & Data Analysts
Big Data Professionals
Cloud Experts
Infrastructure Specialists
DevOps & SecOps Engineers
Cybersecurity Specialists
SEO / Digital Designers

Package & Remuneration

70000.00 - 75000.0 - Monthly

Key Skills

Ruby
Disaster Recovery
Active Directory
SOA
Cloud
IaaS
PowerShell
AWS
Infrastructure
Linux
VPN
Hyper-V
VM
IP
Identity

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Infrastructure Lead and DevOps

Johannesburg - South Africa

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Key Responsibilities

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