💼 Full-Time Position

Lead devops gcp engineer - 100% remote - r1.4m pa

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E-Merge
📍 Remote, Remote, South-Africa
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Location
Remote, South-Africa
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Posted
June 03, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Own the Infrastructure. Shape the Future!! Are you ready to set the technical North Star for a high-performing engineering team? We're looking for a Lead Dev Ops Engineer to design, scale, and secure modern cloud infrastructure powering Fast API backends and Next JS/React frontends - with reliability built in from day one. The Stack You'll Command: Cloud: Primary on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), strategic integration with Microsoft Azure Orchestration: Kubernetes managed via Helm Infrastructure as Code: Heavy Terraform Backend: Fast API Frontend: Next.js / React Data: Postgre SQL (with a DB-agnostic mindset across diverse schemas) Security & Ops: Okta + Atlassian toolchain What You'll Do: Lead and mentor engineers while aligning infrastructure strategy with business goals Architect secure, scalable systems primarily in GCP, extending strategically into Azure Build seamless CI/CD pipelines that empower developers to ship Fast API and Next JS apps with confidence Apply strong software arc...