Senior DevOps Engineer

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Key Responsibilities Own and improve CI\/CD pipelines across Jenkins, Argo Workflows, and GitOps-based delivery systems Manage Kubernetes environments across development, staging, QA, UAT, preproduction, and production Drive Argo CD application delivery, including sync health, promotion flows, and rollback reliability Design and maintain Argo Workflows for builds, testing, image publishing, infrastructure updates, and deployments Optimise build performance using caching strategies, BuildKit, dependency optimisation, and change detection Support production incidents with structured troubleshooting, clear communication, and root cause analysis Maintain Jenkins as a controlled developer-facing interface, including access control and safe job execution Implement and enforce GitOps best practices across infrastructure and platform configuration Manage Kubernetes security components including RBAC, secrets, ingress, certificates, and service accounts Collaborate with development teams to separate application issues from platform issues Improve observability across pipelines, deployments, cluster health, and system performance Document operational processes, platform decisions, and runbooks Required Skills Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience including workloads, networking, ingress, RBAC, secrets, and troubleshooting Production experience with GitOps practices, ideally Argo CD CI\/CD experience with Jenkins, Argo Workflows, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar tools Strong Linux troubleshooting skills including logs, networking, memory, disk, processes, and systemd Experience with container builds using Docker or BuildKit Experience with private container registries such as Harbor or equivalent Strong understanding of branching strategies, release promotion, and environment separation Ability to debug complex pipeline issues across application code, infrastructure, and runtime layers Experience managing access control in CI\/CD and Kubernetes environments Strong scripting and configuration skills using YAML, Bash, and Git-based workflows Desirable Skills Argo Workflows template design and operational experience Helm or Kustomize experience Experience with lightweight Kubernetes distributions such as K3s External secret management tools such as Vault SQL Server connectivity and certificate troubleshooting Messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or Redis-based workers Security scanning tools such as SonarQube or Semgrep Observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or ELK Experience improving build performance and reducing pipeline contention Qualifications Industry-related Degree or Diploma, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years' experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or similar senior technical roles Strong emphasis on demonstrated production experience with Kubernetes, CI\/CD systems, and GitOps environments Application Note If you have not received feedback within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain in our database for future opportunities. For more exciting IT vacancies, explore opportunities in: Software Development (Back-End, Front-End, Full Stack) Mobile Development Business & Systems Analysis BI, SQL & Data Engineering UI\/UX Design Data Science & Analytics Big Data Engineering Cloud Engineering Infrastructure & Platform Engineering DevOps & SecOps Cybersecurity For more information, contact: Reinie Du Preez Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant