Senior DevOps Engineer

[Senior DevOps Engineer]

We are looking for a highly skilled Linux DevOps specialist to support an existing development team, and to innovate and drive best practices in our operational team. Our client is a fast-growing web hosting company in Cape Town with an established customer base, recently acquired by recognized leaders in the Internet services industry.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and manage our hosting environment
• Support our development team
• Find opportunities to streamline how we work
• Drive opportunities for efficiencies
• Knowledge sharing – support and upskilling of the rest of the team
• Championing relevant documentation

Requirements

• Experience in deploying highly available automated Linux-based systems
• Solid understanding of networking protocols and how the internet works
• Experience with containerization, Docker etc
• Experience in automating with Ansible or similar tools
• A good understanding of databases, database design and optimization
• Experience with coding, ideally backend services in Python, PHP reasonable understanding of web technologies
• Knowledge of automated testing
• Building CI/CD pipelines
• Proven ability and interest in picking up new technologies quickly, leading evaluations and providing suggestions of key technologies to base future development around
• Great problem-solving ability, especially under pressure
• A passion to lead and mentor more junior DevOps engineers
• An ability to explain and articulate technical detail clearly to technical management and developers
• Understanding of the importance of writing documentation and training other staff on operating platforms
• Architecting, deploying, maintaining, and scaling platforms

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none — We look after our people!

• We look after your wellbeing and encourage a healthy lifestyle: We pay 100% of your medical

aid (Discovery & Vitality) — so no deduction unless you want to add a beneficiary.

• We think of your future: Retirement Annuity — up to 5% co-contribution.