Devops Manager

Kagiso Media; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in Cape Town is seeking a skilled individual to work with engineering teams, ensuring code changes and operational tasks are managed effectively. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining system performance, contributing to 100% site uptime. This is a full-time position with a focus on technical communication and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in troubleshooting technical issues and communicating with developers.

Responsibilities

• Interface with engineering teams to understand code changes.
• Provide adequate response to error alerts and ensure site uptime.
• Participate in on-call rotation duties.

Skills

Fluent in a programming language (Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.)

Proficient with Puppet

Knowledgeable with Red Hat package management

Fluency with source control in git and GitHub

Able to discern network issues vs system issues

Tools

MySQL

MongoDB

Job description

Essential Job Functions

• Interface with engineering teams / developers to understand code changes, assess risk and ensure best practices for operational tasks.
• Be strong in troubleshooting technical issues / developers, communicating and documenting procedures and recommending architectural changes if necessary.
• Provide adequate response to error alerts, ensure proper monitoring implementation and provide solutions to ensure 100% site uptime.
• Participate in on‑call rotation duties for emergency operations.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience.
• Fluent in a programming language (Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.).
• Must be able to directly communicate with developers on specifications and architecture required to support numerous projects/features.
• MySQL experience is a plus; Mongo or similar NoSQL experience is a huge plus.
• Able to discern a network issue vs a system issue.
• Proficient with deploying and managing systems utilizing Puppet (CFEngine and Chef experience is comparable).
• Knowledgeable with Red Hat package management (rpm and yum building rpms).
• Able to dissect an existing application stack and convert the configuration of the system and application into an automated process.
• Knowledgeable about monitoring and metrics for performance, not just uptime.
• Fluency with source control in git and GitHub.

Key Skills

• Restaurant Experience
• Customer Service
• Employee Evaluation
• Management Experience
• Math
• Employment & Labor Law
• Sanitation
• Leadership Experience
• P&L Management
• Mentoring
• Supervising Experience
• Restaurant Management

Equity Statement

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore please be aware that internal applicants will be considered first before reviewing external applicants provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.

Employment Type: Full Time

Vacancy: 1