Lead DevOps Engineer

CloudSmiths

📍 EGoli, IGauteng, South-Africa

Full-time Other-General Posted February 28, 2026

Job Description

Are you a cloud architect who thrives on building resilient, high-traffic systems? We're looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to steer our infrastructure strategy at the intersection of media and ad-tech. You'll lead a talented team, championing automation and robust software design across a sophisticated multi-cloud environment.

The Stack You'll Command

  • Cloud: GCP (Primary) & Azure (Secondary).
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes managed via Helm.
  • IaC: Heavy Terraform for declarative deployments.
  • Backend/Frontend: FastAPI backends; NextJS/React frontends.
  • Data: Postgres focus (must be DB-agnostic and comfortable with diverse schemas).
  • Security & Ops: Okta for identity; Atlassian suite for PM tooling.

Your Mission

  • Guide a high-performing team, setting the technical North Star for our infrastructure.
  • Design secure, scalable solutions primarily on GCP, with strategic integration into Azure.