Senior DevOps Engineer

About the role

We are partnering with a fast‑growing health‑tech scale‑up to design and operate a resilient, GCP‑based cloud platform that powers AI‑driven healthcare solutions. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will own the end‑to‑end infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, compliant and highly available.

Key responsibilities

• Own and evolve GCP infrastructure, including IAM, networking, storage and databases.
• Build, manage and optimise Kubernetes (GKE) clusters.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Infrastructure‑as‑Code best practices using Terraform.
• Ensure security, compliance and audit readiness across the platform.
• Improve monitoring, reliability and overall platform performance.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with GCP and Kubernetes (GKE).
• Proven expertise in Terraform and CI/CD tooling.
• Background in building secure, scalable systems, preferably in regulated environments.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Data Science or a related technical field.

Required skills

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Kubernetes / GKE
• Terraform
• CI/CD pipelines
• IAM
• Networking
• Storage
• Databases
• Monitoring and reliability engineering

What we offer

• Opportunity to architect cloud platforms for next‑generation AI in healthcare.
• Ownership of complex, mission‑critical infrastructure.
• Hybrid/flexible working based in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
• Competitive salary and additional perks.