Emerging DevOps Engineer — Automation & CI/CD

oldmutual; Durban; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual South Africa is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to join our Durban-based technology team. You will help deliver reliable software through automated deployment pipelines, release processes, and DevOps best practices, working with developers, testers, and stakeholders.

You will focus on automation, deployment efficiency, and operation excellence across multiple environments, gaining exposure to cloud platforms, containers, and scripting.

Qualifications

• Degree, National Diploma, or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 1–3 years' experience in a technical role within software development, DevOps, systems administration, release management, or application support.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, deployment tools, or automation practices; understanding of Agile software delivery will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines for software delivery.
• Automate build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Monitor and optimize pipeline performance to improve delivery speed and reliability.
• Assist with release scheduling, implementation, and post-release verification.
• Monitor deployments and troubleshoot environment and deployment issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering, QA, Platform, Infrastructure, and Support teams.

Skills

CI/CD

Git

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Docker

Cloud platforms

Deployment automation

Agile

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Old Mutual South Africa is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to join our Durban-based technology team. You will help deliver reliable software through automated deployment pipelines, release processes, and DevOps best practices, working with developers, testers, and stakeholders.

You will focus on automation, deployment efficiency, and operation excellence across multiple environments, gaining exposure to cloud platforms, containers, and scripting.