DevOps engineer

Blue Pearl HQ; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,004,400 - 1,116,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is urgently seeking a vibrant DevOps engineer to work in a hybrid model. The role will involve hands-on experience in AWS cloud environments, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring observability for cloud-based systems. The ideal candidate should have strong troubleshooting skills, particularly in Java applications, and must be a good cultural fit for a friendly and upbeat team. Competitive salary range is offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in a hybrid AWS cloud environment.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of networking principles.

Responsibilities

• Work on hybrid basis with Standard Bank's team.
• Implement observability for hybrid cloud environments.
• Manage AWS workload automation.

Skills

AWS cloud environment experience

CI/CD pipeline automation

Networking principles and protocols

Troubleshooting low latency applications

Strong communication skills

Tools

AWS Services (EC2, RDS, etc.)

AWS CDK

Observability tooling

Value of CI/CD platforms

Linux and Windows server

Job description

Job Description

We are urgently looking for a DevOps engineer for Standard Bank. The person will be expected to work on a hybrid basis, going to the Rosebank office in JHB (sometimes Simmonds Street but not often) 2x a week. The client is moving towards full time back in office at some point, so we want to be fully transparent about this upfront.

Culture fit is extremely important for the hiring manager. He is looking for someone vibrant, with a great positive attitude, as the team is very friendly and upbeat, so they need someone who would fit in well.

The rate is between R 90k – R 100k.

Since this is a hybrid role, the person is expected to live and work in JHB.

Experience

• Hands on work experience in a hybrid (AWS) cloud environment preferably in the financial sector with PCI-DSS compliant systems.
• Implementing CI/CD pipeline automation across functional areas.
• AWS workload automation (provisioning infrastructure and custom software configuration rollout).
• Implementing Observability for hybrid cloud-based environments.
• Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols.
• Troubleshooting low latency & Java based applications in a SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) context.
• Familiarity/applying Platform Engineering principles and practices.

Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and practices.

Technology & Tooling (Mandatory)

• AWS Services (EC2, RDS - Postgres & Oracle EE, EBS, EKS, ECS, Load Balancing, Secrets Manager, KMS, Service Catalog)
• AWS CDK
• Observability tooling - AWS CloudWatch, Splunk / AppDynamics, ELK
• CI/CD platforms (e.g. Harness, Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.)
• Operating Systems - Linux and Windows server.

Preferred

• Python scripting
• AWS CloudFormation
• Ansible
• Bash scripting

Optional

• Zabbix monitoring
• Keycloak
• ActiveMQ
• Weblogic 14c
• Nginx

Personal Attributes

• Willingness to engage
• Curiosity
• Sound communication skills
• Ability to self-direct

Certifications (Beneficial)

• AWS CloudOps engineer
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate