DevOps Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruitment agency is seeking a skilled individual to support and manage its hosting environment. The role entails deploying and maintaining automated Linux-based systems, optimizing databases, and mentoring junior DevOps engineers. Candidates must have solid knowledge in networking protocols, containerisation, and automation tools like Ansible. This position is based in Cape Town, Western Cape, and offers the chance to lead technology evaluations and foster efficiencies within the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in deploying highly available automated Linux-based systems.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols and how the internet works.
• Experience with containerisation, Docker and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage our hosting environment.
• Find opportunities to streamline how we work.
• Drive opportunities for efficiencies.

Skills

Deploying automated Linux-based systems

Networking protocols understanding

Containerisation and Docker

Automating with Ansible

Database design and optimization

Backend coding in Python and PHP

Automated testing

Problem solving under pressure

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support and manage our hosting environment


• Find opportunities to streamline how we work


• Drive opportunities for efficiencies


• Knowledge sharing support and upskilling of the rest of the team

Requirements

• Experience in deploying highly available automated Linux-based systems


• Solid understanding of networking protocols and how the internet works


• Experience with containerisation, 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


• 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