Senior AWS DevOps Engineer – Remote, Scalable Infra

Job title – Senior Dev Ops Engineer
Remote work offering – 100%
Client Industry – Automotive Marketplace / Online Auctions
Contract Length – 12 Months
Contract type – Freelance / Contract

Project focus

You will support the infrastructure behind a large-scale online auction marketplace. The role focuses on improving automation, scaling cloud infrastructure, and supporting a migration toward a fully AWS-based environment. You will work closely with engineering teams to build tools that streamline development workflows, strengthen system reliability, and modernize a high-traffic Word Press platform and supporting backend services.

Key skills and experience required

• 8+ years supporting scalable, high-traffic web platforms
• Strong experience building and operating infrastructure in AWS
• Extensive knowledge of serverless services such as Lambda, Step Functions, Dynamo
  
  DB and Cognito
• Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and infrastructure as code practices
• Strong scripting ability (Linux/Unix shell, Python, Ruby or similar)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using AWS-native tools or platforms like Git Hub Actions
• Solid understanding of Git-based development workflows
• Experience with configuration management and automated deployment processes
• Knowledge of SDLC processes and development lifecycle best practices
• Experience designing and managing AWS multi-account environments
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Cloud Watch or X-Ray
• Experience hosting and supporting Word Press at scale
• Understanding of MySQL and/or Elasticsearch
• Ability to estimate and manage AWS infrastructure costs

If this role is of interest, please send an up-to-date CV to lungel.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Lungelo Nkosi