DevOps Engineer - India

Falcorp Resourcing; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcorp Resourcing is seeking a DevOps Engineer in Johannesburg to design and implement CI/CD processes, automate builds, releases, deployments, and configurations across teams. You will collaborate closely with software, QA, and systems engineers to prototype, architect, and operate DevOps solutions while adapting to evolving business and technology needs.

The role requires extensive DevOps platform management experience, including production deployments and cloud/IaaS/PaaS familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Five or more years in programming and/or systems analysis using agile frameworks.
• At least three years in DevOps platform management in large delivery organizations.
• Extensive experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying DevOps toolchains.
• Experience with test-driven development, release management, agile methodologies, Unix, Linux, and Apache.
• Experience with multiple languages (e.g., PHP, Java), virtualization (VMware), databases (MySQL), Kafka/Rabbit MQ/IBM MQ, and release and configuration management tools (Chef).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the platform solution design and implementation to enable CI/CD across teams.
• Ensure automation of the platform build, release, deployment, and configuration activities.
• Collaborate with software, QA, and systems engineers to implement DevOps solutions.
• Interact with stakeholders amid constant business and tech change.
• Automate software and infrastructure deployment and configuration management.
• Apply Agile and DevOps software development practices.
• Conduct production-readiness assessments of modules and supporting systems.
• Utilize infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt).

Skills

Agile frameworks

DevOps practices

CI/CD tooling

Scripting languages

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Programming

Tools

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Salt

VMware

Kafka

IBM MQ

MySQL

Unix/Linux

Apache

Job description

Reference: JHB000128-TR-2

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of processes and tools to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery, maximizing the speed and quality of delivery across teams. The role is responsible for automating build, release, deployment, and configuration activities.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for the platform solution design and implementation of processes and tools to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery, maximizing the speed and quality of delivery across teams.
2. Ensure the automation of the platform build, release, deployment, and configuration activities.
3. Work closely with software, QA, and systems engineers to understand requirements and prototype, architect, implement, operate, and update DevOps solutions accordingly.
4. Be flexible to constant business and technology change, with the ability to interact, engineer, and communicate collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
5. Automate software and infrastructure deployment and configuration management.
6. Have Agile and DevOps software development experience.
7. Utilize public and private cloud IaaS and PaaS deployment models and technologies, e.g., OpenStack, AWS, Azure.
8. Apply continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools.
9. Conduct production-readiness assessments of modules and supporting systems.
10. Use infrastructure automation and configuration management tools, e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt.

Qualifications And Experience

Qualifications And Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Programming, or other related field is essential.
2. Five or more years of experience in programming and/or systems analysis applying agile frameworks.
3. At least three years of DevOps platform management in large delivery organizations.
4. Extensive experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying DevOps toolchains to support continuous integration and continuous delivery, using a variety of technologies and environments.
5. Extensive experience with test-driven development, release management, agile methodologies, Unix, Linux, and Apache.
6. Extensive experience working with at least two or more programming languages (e.g., PHP, Java), virtualization (e.g., VMWare), database technologies (e.g., MySQL), Kafka/Rabbit MQ/IBM MQ, and release and configuration management tools (e.g., Chef).
7. Experience working in a large agile environment, with multiple teams.
8. Professional experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications industry preferred.