Job title: Senior DevOps Engineer (GCP, Terraform, CI/CD)
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Technology
Functional Expertise: Technology
Skills: DevOps kubernetes GCP SOC2 HIPAA TERRAFORM CI/CD
Salary type: Annual
Salary from: ZAR 1,000,000.00
Salary to: ZAR 1,440,000.00
Location: Cape Town - Hybrid
Job published: 11-05-2026
Job ID: 37945

Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU

We're partnering with a global health‑tech scale‑up with roots in South Africa, architecting resilient cloud platforms for AI-powered healthcare systems. These environments support production workloads where up-time, security, compliance, and scalability are mission critical.

 

They are looking for a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer to own and evolve their GCP-based cloud platform. Land the job and you'll design, build, and optimise secure, scalable infrastructure powering complex, real-world systems.
If you enjoy ownership, clean architecture, and building resilient platforms at scale, this is where your work will matter.

WHAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING

  • Own and evolve GCP infrastructure (IAM, networking, storage, databases)
  • Build and manage Kubernetes (GKE) environments
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) best practices
  • Ensure security, compliance, and audit readiness
  • Improve monitoring, reliability, and platform performance

OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE

  • 5+ years in DevOps / Platform Engineering
  • Strong GCP and Kubernetes (GKE) experience
  • Solid Terraform and CI/CD expertise
  • Experience with secure, scalable systems
  • Exposure to regulated or compliance-driven environment
  • Engineering mindset focused on automation, resilience, and continuous improvement
  • Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related technical field

HIGHLY BENEFICIAL

  • SOC2 / HIPAA exposure
  • Platform modernisation or infrastructure transition experience
  • Healthcare or regulated industry experience 

 YOUR REWARD

  • Architect the cloud platform powering next-generation AI in healthcare
  • Your work will directly enable secure, compliant, and scalable systems that clinicians and healthcare organisations can depend on
  • Join a fast-moving environment with meaningful ownership, complex technical challenges, and infrastructure that truly matters
  • This is an opportunity to build future-proof platforms where reliability, security, and scale are non-negotiable
  • Hybrid/Flexible working based out of Stellenbosch Western Cape
  • Competitive salary + Perks

 For more roles, please have a look at our website (www.60degrees.com). or follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/10287263/)