Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer RELX
• Home Based, SA, Cape Town

About the role

Our CEMEA Cloud/SRE team is looking for an experienced Dev Ops Engineer to help build scalable, secure, and reliable systems. Our team specializes in cloud and Dev Ops technologies, with members possessing varying levels of expertise in areas such as Kubernetes, development, and database administration. Cedric emphasizes a collaborative working style and values team members who are proactive in communication and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure
• Ensure high availability, observability, and performance
• Automate systems for efficiency and cost optimization
• Collaborate across engineering, ops, and leadership teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 5 years experience in a software/technology environment is required.
• Certifications in AWS or Kubernetes are advantageous.
• At least 5 years of experience in a Dev Ops or SRE role.
• AWS Expertise: Preferably 5 years comprehensive experience with AWS services, including EC2, Lambda, Dynamo
  
  DB, and Aurora RDS Postgre
  
  SQL and AWS Open Search.
• Kubernetes Proficiency: Preferably 2 years hands‑on experience with deploying, managing, and scaling applications in Kubernetes environments. Practical experience with Helm and ArgoCD.
• Understanding of containerization concepts and tools like Docker/Podman.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Preferably 2 years experience with IaC tools like Terraform to manage and automate cloud resources effectively. Terraform is preferential.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long‑term goals.

Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well‑being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)

Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy