Senior DevOps Engineer

Are you the type who doesn’t just fix problems — you automate them out of existence?

Do you get a kick out of watching clean pipelines flow and servers hum like a well-tuned race car?

Our client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who’s equal parts systems ninja, automation architect, and cloud whisperer.

This isn’t just another job. It’s your chance to build, scale, and fine-tune the infrastructure behind some of the fastest-moving software in the game.

What you bring:

•  Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related
• A minimum of 5 years in a Development/Deployments/IT focused role
• Detailed knowledge of the SDLC and management of software projects
• Previous Software Development skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Must be able to adapt to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Resilience and capability to be forward thinking and learning
• Display a thorough understanding of DevOps key concepts
• Display knowledge of various DevOps tools and technologies
• Identify new tools which would improve the overall effectiveness of DevOps
• Use tools to increase the overall development velocity and code quality

What you’ll do:

• Design and implement CI/CD solutions using most appropriate approved patterns and for single and multi-tier architectures
• Track monitoring and alerting of downstream operations to identify issues with CI/CD
• Identify patterns/changes post new CI/CD
• Use monitoring to track changes in patterns of systems performance
• Share successful patterns for building applications/services and deployments across teams and/or products
• Be actively involved with roll-back/forward decision making

Reference number for this position is GZ60647 which is a permanent position based in Durban offering a cost to company salary of R1m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 14 Jul 13:08, Closing date 12 Sep