Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) - CT Tyger Valley

DVT is one of the top software development companies on the continent. Our software engineers are consulting on cutting edge applications at top companies in South Africa, as well as consulting globally. You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most established developers in the country and globally with the latest technologies.

DVT is committed to continuously training our staff and we are very proud of our culture of learning, internal speaking and training at a variety of sponsored technical events across the AWS ecosystem.

We are looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to join our cloud team. As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining cloud infrastructure, automating processes, and supporting our software development teams across multiple client engagements.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth integration and deployment of applications, improve efficiency through automation, and implement best practices for continuous integration and delivery.

This is a client-facing consulting role where you will engage directly with enterprise clients across financial services, telecommunications, government, and other sectors. You will provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and drive the adoption of Dev Ops best practices. The ideal candidate is a problem solver with a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for driving innovation in cloud infrastructure.

The Senior Dev Ops Engineer's responsibilities include management of AWS cloud infrastructure for DVT clients and internal projects, with a focus on automation, scalability, and operational excellence.

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using for example Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline, or similar tools to support automated testing, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning

• Migrate and manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Cloud Formation, CDK or similar tools, including remote state management, modular refactoring, and multi-environment deployments

• Develop and maintain ephemera ls feature environments for isolated testing and validation using Terraform work spaces or Terragrunt

• Use of scheduled shutdowns to manage cost management

• Automate environment provisioning, routing (Route
  53, ALB/NLB), and teardown processes to support dynamic development workflows

• Help design and implement AWS networking solutions including VPC architecture, security groups, NACLs, Transit Gateway, and hybrid connectivity

• Use of tagging, K8(taints and tolerations)

• Use of patching schedule that reply on tagging; governance via SCPs (Core Team)

• Collaborate with software engineering teams to enable seamless integration and deployment of backend services, such as JAVA, .NET or Python, Node.js (Angular), and containerised applications

• Implement blue/green or canary deployment strategies using AWS services, ensuring safe and traceable rollouts with automated rollback capabilities

• Integrate unit and functional / API testing frameworks (e.g. pytest, Postman / Newman, Local Stack) into the CI pipeline to ensure code quality and deployment readiness

• Establish and enforce conventions for test execution, container image tagging, versioning strategies, and reusable CI/CD components across repositories

• Manage production deployments, change windows, and release coordination across development, staging, and production environments

• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability solutions such as Cloud Watch, X-Ray, and third-party APM tools

• Monitor and optimise system performance, deployment efficiency, resource utilisation, and cloud costs across all environments

• Implement and maintain security best practices including WAF (well-architecture framework and OWASP), secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Parameter Store), IAM policies, security scanning (SAST / DAST), and compliance controls

• Configure alerting and incident response workflows, and lead post-incident reviews

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations (ISO 27001, SOC2, POPIA) relevant to client requirements

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior Dev Ops engineers and development teams

• Engage directly with clients to understand requirements, provide technical advisory, and present solutions to stakeholders

• Participate in architectural reviews, retrospectives, and planning sessions to continuously improve deployment processes and tooling

• Conduct training sessions and create documentation to establish Dev Ops best practices across teams and clients

• Contribute to pre-sales activities including solution design, effort estimation, and technical proposals

The successful candidate will have:

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or related roles, with a…