- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: South Africa
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
Represented by Get A Job.ai
About This Opportunity
Our talent team is representing a confidential cloud technology services organization seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to join their professional services practice. This is a fully remote position based in South Africa, with eligibility for candidates in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, or Senegal.
You'll serve as technical lead on multiple client engagements simultaneously, working with cutting-edge cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role reports to a Site Reliability Engineering Manager and represents senior technical leadership within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Design and build advanced cloud-native infrastructure solutions for client engagements
- Lead technical discussions with clients and develop technical roadmaps
- Collaborate with engineering directors to design and refine architecture
- Support resource planning and career development initiatives for engineering teams
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to domain experts and individual contributors across multiple teams
- Document processes and monitor performance metrics
- Drive improvements in stability, scalability, security, cost-effectiveness, and operational excellence
- Conduct infrastructure planning, testing, and development activities
- Evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize efficiency and security
- Remove technical blockers and facilitate cross-team collaboration
What We're Looking For
Required Experience:
- 7+ years of experience working in DevOps/SRE roles
- Extensive experience with team management and collaboration
- Advanced knowledge of data encryption and cybersecurity best practices
- Deep understanding of DevOps/SRE landscape, architectures, and emerging technologies
- Cloud platform experience with GCP, Azure, and AWS
- Strong background in observability practices and incident management
- Extensive experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, and Beats within Kubernetes environments
- Proven expertise with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- Experience with automation and configuration management tools, preferably Ansible
- Extensive experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters and workloads
- Ability to design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines
- Solid foundation in networking and security concepts
- Familiarity with both relational and non-relational databases
- Strong Linux operating systems knowledge
Key Qualities:
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Passion for automation and engineering excellence
- Comfortable leading and working as part of a remote, distributed team
- Commitment to staying current with DevOps/SRE best practices and innovations
- Enthusiasm for mentoring and developing technical talent
- Growth mindset with initiative and self-starting abilities
- Thrives in fast-paced environments with constant change
How We Work With You
Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and ensure alignment with the role requirements. Qualified candidates will then be submitted to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communications are managed through our recruitment process to ensure fairness and consistency for all applicants.
Pay
Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive with market rates for this seniority level and location.
Equal Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive recruitment practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work to ensure equitable access to opportunities.
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Working in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to the east and northeast by Mozambique, and Eswatini, and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has a population of over 63 million people, making it the sixth-most populated country in Africa. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while
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National unemployment rate in South Africa: 32.4% — via World Bank
GDP per capita in South Africa: $6,598 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in South Africa: 3.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in South Africa: 1.1% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per week in South Africa: 42.4 — via ILOSTAT
Mean monthly earnings in South Africa: $603 — via ILOSTAT
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Traits that fit this role
- Achievement Orientation
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
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Typical preparation needed: Job Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. — via O*NET
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Salary & compensation
Workers in Architecture & Engineering occupations earn a national median of $95,541 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
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Listing facts
- Role Principal Site Reliability Engineer
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location South Africa
- Type Contract
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 1, 2026
- Apply by October 2, 2026
- Country South Africa
- Overview Full job description on this page (473 words)
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