DevOps Engineer II

SUMMARY:
An exciting opportunity has opened up at a company based in Johannesburg central seeking the expertise of a DevOps Engineer II to automate the processes between software development and IT teams to enable continuous delivery through designing, developing, testing and releasing software frequently, faster and more reliably in an agile environment to ensure continuous delivery through continuous integration and continuous deployment using lean thinking, ensure continuous improvement and collaboration between development testing and operations.

POSITION INFO:

Education and Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor''s degree in Programming/Systems or Computer Science or other related field

Competencies

• Cognitive| Analysis And Attention To Detail| Best Practice
• The ability to be systematic and rule oriented in gathering, reviewing, evaluating and visualizing data from a variety of perspectives; includes the ability to work with precision
• Cognitive| Problem Solving| Best Practice
• Cuts to the core of issues and applies effective analysis, logic and creativity to implement solutions
• Functional| Knowledge Sharing| Best Practice
• Promotes the generation and sharing of knowledge, and learning in order to enhance the collective knowledge of the team or organization
• Functional| Process And Technological Competence |Best Practice
• Utilises, identifies, engineers and leverages processes and technologies to meet business needs
• Functional| Research Competence| Best Practice
• The capacity to work with research questions, gather and structure relevant data and present results as compelling, defensible arguments. Identifies and leverages multiple platforms and sources to stay abreast of and / or influence current thinking
• Interpersonal| Customer Service Orientation| Best Practice
• Anticipates, recognises and meets the needs of internal and external customers, taking responsibility for maintaining the highest service standards and sustaining value for customers
• Intrapersonal| Drive And Results Orientation| Best Practice
• Is a self-starter who produces consistently high quality outputs within agreed deadlines. Prompt and proactive in driving for results and sets challenging goals for self and others
• Intrapersonal| Excellence / Quality Orientation| Best Practice
• Motivated to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity are consistently maintained
• Leading and Managing| Creative Opportunism| Best Practice
• Creates potential in a variety of situations, identifying and initiating unique ways of viewing and responding to opportunities
• Technical| Software Design| Advanced
• The process of implementing software solutions to one or more set of problems

Responsibilities

• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness
• Control costs for business area
• Plan, implement, manage and report on cost effectiveness and communicate or escalate any variances
• Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy
• Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in
• Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support
• Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking, benchmarking and representation on related forums
• Assess client needs utilizing a structured requirements process i.e. gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes
• Lead development and communicate business requirements and functional specifications for the design and implementation of client solutions
• Analyse client operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to uncover opportunities for improvements
• Create tight feedback loops to ensure issues and optimizations are communicated timeously
• Share responsibility and successes with agile team
• Building a culture of shared responsibility, transparency and faster feedback
• Ensure open communication to minimize downtime and resolve issues faster, fix incidents, and unblock the release pipeline faster
• Work closely with Architects to assure all systems are in line with long-term strategy
• Review and advise on technical design specifications developed at junior levels
• Provide recommendations for the solutions
• Create modular applications
• Write code to automated repeatable processes
• Write scripts that will initiate and orchestrate the complete deployments of DEV, QA and
• Production environments
• Install and configure solutions
• Coordinate development activities with other groups
• Develop custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions and features
• Execute testing efforts across the life cycle
• Lead and guide the design, development of reusable components
• Code and document custom test automation frameworks
• Maintain new and existing object reference files
• Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations
• Set up and maintain the test environments for both manual and automated testing
• Lead the development of contingency plans including reliable backup and restore procedures
• Assist in the development of disaster recovery plans with service providers and network carriers
• Ensure readiness of enterprise wide plans
• Provide technical coaching and mentoring through technical advice, solutions, principles, processes and knowledge sharing
• Coach to improve performance and develop skills of team members
• Motivate and keep team engaged
• Coach to discuss career progression
• Participate and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared
• Build and sustain collaborative working relationships with relevant peers and stakeholders to achieve productivity synergies
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement
• Manage team in respect of recruitment decisions, performance moderation, talent management process, disciplinary action, recognition and retention of employees
• Build team succession plans for roles in own area and influence resource planning
• Ensure timeous, clear contracting and assessment of performance expectations in line with identified objectives and enable a learning and growth culture
• Implement people resource planning in line with delivery and performance objectives, within budget and in partnership with specialised areas
• Implement talent management practices in line with HR policies and procedures
• Provide direction, coaching, and regular feedback to employees to improve performance and implement performance, improvement initiatives
• Ensure that skills are transferred in specific function
• Implement employment equity plan
• Identify current and future human capital needs
• Ensure effective conflict resolution and respond to any complaints or concerns timeously
• Identify training/development needs and pro-actively identify effective solutions to address own and employee development gaps
• Ensure that each employee prepares a personal development plan, review these plans and ensure implementation
• Create an environment conducive to cross- functional skills transfer
• Plan training interventions which support group strategies
• Understand which competencies and skills are required to be mastered to ensure personal and employee development and performance
• Keep abreast of learning opportunities, changing products and trends

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