Platform Operations Engineer

Dotdigital

Platform Operations Engineer joining the DevOps team at Dotdigital, focused on managing production and development environments. Collaborating across functions to improve infrastructure and maintain platform reliability.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇿🇦 South AfricaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDockerElasticSearchGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure to support production and development environments.
Automate deployment processes and improve system performance.
Ensure 24/7 platform uptime across the globe.
Support operational teams in BAU activities.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability and support development and operations initiatives.
Engage in all stages of the DevOps Engineering Life Cycle (concept, define, design, build, test, release, maintain, and retire).
Propose, scope, design, and implement various infrastructure architectures.
Maintain and deploy highly-available, fault-tolerant systems at scale.
Utilize Azure cloud native technologies, Kubernetes, Docker, and configuration management tools.
Work collaboratively with multiple teams to deliver end-to-end products and features.
Keep up to date on modern technologies and trends, advocating for their inclusion within products when appropriate.
Following the successful completion of the probation period, the candidate will be included in the team’s on-call rotation. This involves responding to critical incidents and ensuring platform reliability outside of standard working hours, on a scheduled basis.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience with cloud platforms. We have a strong preference for Azure experience
Demonstrable scripting experience with PowerShell (Python, Bash is good too)
Strong exposure to cloud native Technologies (Container orchestrators, Immutable infrastructure, Service Mesh)
Experience in Infrastructure as Code, (Terraform, Azure ARM, Bicep) that has to work at scale and in multiple regions
Comfortable working with versioning tools (Git, Azure Devops, GitHub)
Excellent CI/CD pipeline authoring. Automation is key after all. We use Azure DevOps.
Experience in Observability and Reporting tools and their components (think ElasticSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos, Raygun)
Know your way around Linux and Windows OS.
A positive and proactive attitude!
A motivated, coachable, and determined individual.
Impeccable work ethic.
Excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy networking, public speaking, and cultivating relationships
Ability to prioritise, and manage time effectively in a parallel project environment.
Detail oriented, highly organized, can work independently and as part of a team
Display a strong commitment to consistently reach established goals

Benefits

Comp & perks

Parental leave
Medical benefits
Paid sick leave
Dotdigital day
Share reward
Wellbeing reward
Wellbeing Days
Loyalty reward
DEI commitment

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Hard Skills & Tools

AzurePowerShellPythonBashInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAzure ARMBicepCI/CDObservability

Soft Skills

positive attitudeproactivemotivatedcoachableimpeccable work ethicinterpersonal skillsnetworkingpublic speakingtime managementdetail oriented