DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Johannesburg/Cape Town / Remote or Hybrid

Permanent

The Company

An international software firm that solves real-world problems with innovative solutions and modern technology stacks. Our experience spans the education, financial services, gaming, government, insurance and telecoms sectors. We maintain our track record by using our vast business domain knowledge and world-class skills to successfully deliver digital solutions into client organisations.

Our relaxed yet professional work environment extends to our flat management structure. Being a part of our company means working on dynamic project teams, while pursuing your own career growth through our Continuous Learning Programme.

The Role

We are looking for DevOps engineers to work alongside a team of IT professionals to manage code releases and test solutions, and assist with:

• Implementing integrations requested by customers
• Deploying updates and fixes
• Providing level 2 technical support
• Building tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience
• Developing software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Performing root cause analysis for production errors
• Investigating and resolving technical issues
• Developing scripts to automate visualisations
• Designing procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance

Requirements:

• BSc degree or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of:
  • Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt or similar automated build tools
  • Either Java or .NET primary competence
  • Configuration and setup of Jenkins / Hudson, TeamCity, VSTS experience
  • ITIL certification at foundation level is preferable
  • AWS and AZURE exposure preferable
  • Development background preferred although operations background will be considered
• Experience in:
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
  • System monitoring tools
  • System administration of servers and software
  • Database management
  • Developing database scripts for data extracts, fixes and deployments
  • Resolving technical PROD, QA and DEV environment issues
  • Investigating and addressing availability, performance and capacity issues