Automation & Dev Ops Engineer (On-site Centurion)

VirtuHire; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

VirtuHire in Centurion, South Africa, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to optimize requirements practices and manage CI/CD pipelines. This role involves continuous integration, agile tooling, and deep technical capability across DevOps infrastructure. Ideal candidates must have over 10 years of experience, expertise in requirements management tools and scripting, and a strong background in Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years industry experience in product development domain.
• Experience with formal requirements management tools.
• Proficiency in Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and CI practices.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and optimise requirements practices across projects.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish an agile development environment.

Skills

Requirements management

DevOps practices

Agile methodologies

Scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

SQL & MySQL

Containerization (Docker, K8s)

Education

B.Eng (Electronic/Computer Engineering) or Computer Science degree

Tools

Jira

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Artifactory

DOORS

Job description

A senior, technically broad DevOps and requirements engineering role. The person will work across requirements management, continuous integration pipelines, agile tooling, and DevOps infrastructure, while also contributing to digital transformation strategy. This is a high-complexity role requiring both business analysis thinking and deep technical execution capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and optimise current requirements practices across SGD engineering projects.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Establish agile development environment: CI, continuous reviewing, testing, delivery, and deployment.
• Design and maintain Jira-based problem reporting system across hardware, software, and test benches.
• Set up, manage, and maintain LDAP server/database for user authentication.
• Collaborate with SAAB Global for IaaS and CaaS deployments.
• Perform script development, maintenance, and updates.
• Assist in maintaining and migrating legacy tools (CVS, SVN, PVCS, Track).
• Build DevOps dashboards and reporting.
• Contribute to Cyber Security requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years industry experience in product development domain (beneficial).
• Formal requirements management tool experience - DOORS (9.7 + Next).
• Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and Continuous Integration experience.
• Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Artifactory.
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• SQL & MySQL database experience.
• Containerised environment experience beneficial: Docker, PodMan, K8s.
• Knowledge of IaaS and IaC beneficial.
• Alignment to RTCA/DO-178, RTCA/DO-254, ARP4754A standards.
• B.Eng (Electronic/Computer Engineering) or Computer Science degree — Honours/Masters advantageous.
• Self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills; structured and quality-orientated.