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Senior DevOps Engineer IT - Software Development ~ IT - Infrastructure
Cape Town - Western Cape

ENVIRONMENT:

YOUR technical expertise & ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and technologies as a Senior DevOps Engineer is sought by a dynamic provider of innovative Search Engine Marketing Solutions. You will serve as a key member of the DevOps team and be responsible for the administration of the cloud native ecosystem that powers publishing platforms: including the design, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, security and maintenance required to meet the high availability SLAs clients expect. You will require a relevant University Degree/Diploma with 5+ years prior DevOps work experience, 3 years experience working with containers in production & Git, 2 years Kubernetes, 1 year Helm experience and an in-depth understanding of the cloud native space. You must also have AWS including CF, ELB, S3, EC2 and have designed & implemented complex CI/CD solutions on Kubernetes in production.

DUTIES:

• Guide the DevOps Team through the definition and execution of distributed solutions on top of Kubernetes to achieve a goal of 99.9% availability for clients.
• Design and work on the implementation of our custom, cloud native, PaaS solution with the goal of providing the best user experience to the Development and QA teams.
• Use GitOps best practices to achieve continuous deployment on a global scale.
• Contribute to the architecture of automated build and deployment systems.
• Maintain detailed, up-to-date documentation of internal system assets.
• Stay abreast of changes to current technology and how it could improve processes at the company.
• Co-ordinate with cross-functional experts throughout the company to validate and develop new insights.
• Work closely with external providers to troubleshoot system issues.
• Participate in On-call rotation for publishing platform.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications -

• University Degree or Diploma in related field.

Experience/Skills -

• 5+ Years previous DevOps experience.
• 3 Years of experience working with containers in production.
• 3 Years of experience working with Git.
• 2 Years of experience working with Kubernetes in production.
• 1 Year of experience working with Helm.
• Have demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the cloud native space.
• Designed and implemented complex CI/CD solutions on Kubernetes in production.
• Have experience with AWS, including CF, ELB, S3, EC2 and more.

Strong consideration will be given to candidates that also offer the following -

• 2 Years of experience writing CM/CI/CD tools in Python or Go.
• 2 Years of experience administrating Observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana stack, Elastic, Loki, New relic, OpenTelemetry.
• Familiar with the GitOps paradigm.
• 1 Year of experience working with Rancher in production.
• A strong understanding of CM and the CI/CD methodology.
• Familiar with writing complex Bash scripts.
• Skilled experience working in a Linux environment.
• Have written custom Kubernetes operators.
• Experience writing Terraform modules for Openstack infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills, accustomed to share knowledge internally or to other areas.
• Experience mentoring and guiding other people or team members.
• Familiar with SRE paradigm, blameless and RCA.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Expert analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Creative thinking and motivated self-starter with an ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and technologies.
• Comfortable leading projects from start to finish with minimal supervision.
• Strong ability to work within aggressive and dynamic timelines.
• Excellent team player and positive contributor to the culture of the business.

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