Devops Engineer

Absa Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Group is seeking a skilled DevOps professional to join their agile team. The role involves applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills throughout the development lifecycle, contributing to high-quality technical solutions. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and experience with automation tools and CI/CD pipelines. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a leading African bank's growth journey.

Qualifications

• Experience in CI/CD pipeline development and management.
• Knowledge of modern observability techniques.
• Ability to debug and enhance existing source code.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Produce optimized and documented source code.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks pre, during, and post-release.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Agile methodology

Collaboration

Automation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

Kubernetes

ELK stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over years of rich history and a strong presence as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our organization offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future, and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.

Job Description

DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking, and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End, or Middleware) with high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle, including analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development, and providing recommendations for operational feasibility.
• Produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions.
• Ensure designs and solutions support principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability, and resilience.
• Apply design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions.
• Support the development of CI/CD pipelines, including authoring and supporting pipelines in Jenkins or similar tools, and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments.
• Use and configure modern observability techniques, such as ELK stack for logging and Prometheus / Grafana for metrics.
• Automate tasks using tools and scripting, e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes.
• Debug existing source code and enhance features.
• Collaborate with integrated teams and other developers to improve technical products and services.
• Align application development and processes with Group Architecture and Infrastructure guidelines.
• Provide input to project and program teams on planning and managing the development lifecycle, including releases, risk management, testing, and integration.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring, and ongoing optimization and maintenance of applications.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and development practices, continuously evolving skills for cross-domain experiences.

People

• Conduct peer reviews, testing, and problem-solving within and across teams.
• Support change management teams in developing user materials for customer, employee, and third-party adoption.

Risk & Governance

• Identify and mitigate technical risks pre, during, and post-release.
• Update and design application documentation aligned with organizational standards and frameworks.
• Participate in incident management and disaster recovery activities, applying critical thinking and technical expertise.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology.

Note: Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of , preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups to promote demographic diversity. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the advertised post.