Infrastructure Engineer (Senior)

Full Time 1 month ago Pretoria, South Africa

Employment Information

Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Backend-focused DevOps professional to join a high-performing product team delivering compliant, scalable, and highly available digital solutions. The role focuses on building, operating, and improving backend systems within an agile, cloud-native DevOps environment, with exposure to full-stack development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in system analysis,solution design, development, testing, and deployment within anAgile/DevOps model
  • Design, build, deploy, and operatebackend services using Java and modern frameworks
  • Contribute to frontend developmentwhere required, working with Angular-based applications
  • Implement automated unit andintegration tests to ensure quality and reliability
  • Support production systems as part ofa Tier-3 DevOps operational support role
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complexincidents to ensure high availability of critical systems
  • Plan and execute upgrades toapplications, tools, and platforms
  • Create and maintain systemdocumentation, standard operating procedures, and technical artifacts
  • Build cloud-native solutions tosupport scalability, resilience, and business agility

Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

  • DevOps & Operations: Production support, incidentresolution, system reliability
  • Backend Development:
    • Java
    • Quarkus framework
    • API design and integration
    • Messaging frameworks (JMS, Kafka)
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, strong SQL skills
  • Testing: JUnit or similar unit testingframeworks
  • Containers: Docker (building and runningcontainer images)
  • Version Control: Git (GitHub Enterprise)
  • CI/CD: Build and deployment pipelines usingGitHub Actions
  • Build Tools: Maven

Advantageous Skills

  • Cloud platforms: AWS or Azure
  • Frontend technologies: Angular,HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
  • Familiarity with frontend frameworksand libraries (e.g. Angular ecosystem, jQuery)
  • UX awareness and experience workingwith Figma

Qualifications

  • Relevant IT Degree or equivalentexperience
  • 5+ years experience in a mid-to-seniortechnical role
  • 7+ years total professional IT experience
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