Hybrid DevOps Engineer - AWS, CI/CD & SRE

Blue Pearl HQ; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,004,400 - 1,116,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is urgently seeking a vibrant DevOps engineer to work in a hybrid model. The role will involve hands-on experience in AWS cloud environments, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring observability for cloud-based systems. The ideal candidate should have strong troubleshooting skills, particularly in Java applications, and must be a good cultural fit for a friendly and upbeat team. Competitive salary range is offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in a hybrid AWS cloud environment.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of networking principles.

Responsibilities

• Work on hybrid basis with Standard Bank's team.
• Implement observability for hybrid cloud environments.
• Manage AWS workload automation.

Skills

AWS cloud environment experience

CI/CD pipeline automation

Networking principles and protocols

Troubleshooting low latency applications

Strong communication skills

Tools

AWS Services (EC2, RDS, etc.)

AWS CDK

Observability tooling

Value of CI/CD platforms

Linux and Windows server

Job description

Job Description

We are urgently looking for a DevOps engineer for Standard bank. The person will be expected to work on a hybrid bases going in 2x a week to the Rosebank office in JHB ( sometimes Simmonds street but not often) BUT the client is moving towards full time back in office at some point so I just want to be fully transparent about this upfront.

Job Description

We are urgently looking for a DevOps engineer for Standard bank. The person will be expected to work on a hybrid bases going in 2x a week to the Rosebank office in JHB ( sometimes Simmonds street but not often) BUT the client is moving towards full time back in office at some point so I just want to be fully transparent about this upfront.

Culture fit is extremely important for the hiring manager. He is looking for someone vibrant, with a great positive attitude as the team is very friendly and upbeat so they need someone who would fit in well.

The rate is between R 90 k – R 100k.

Details of the spec below.

Since this is a hybrid role, the person is expected to live and work in JHB.

Please do let me know if you currently have any available resources.

Experience

• Hands on work experience in a hybrid (AWS) cloud environment preferably in the financial sector with PCI-DSS compliant systems.
• Implementing CI/CD pipeline automation across functional areas
• AWS workload automation (provisioning infrastructure and custom software configuration rollout)
• Implementing Observability for hybrid cloud-based environments
• Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols
• Troubleshooting low latency & Java based applications in a SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) context
• Familiarity/applying Platform Engineering principles and practices
  
  

Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and practices

Requirements

Technology & tooling

Mandatory

• AWS Services (EC2, RDS - Postgres & Oracle EE, EBS, EKS, ECS, Load Balancing, Secrets Manager, KMS, Service Catalog)
• AWS CDK
• Observability tooling - AWS CloudWatch, Splunk / AppDynamics, ELK
• CI/CD platforms (e.g. Harness, Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.)
• Operating Systems - Linux and Windows server
  
  

Preferred

• Python scripting
• AWS CloudFormation
• Ansible
• Bash scripting
  
  

Optional

• Zabbix monitoring
• Keycloak
• ActiveMQ
• Weblogic 14c
• Nginx
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Willingness to engage
• Curiosity
• Sound communication skills
• Ability to self-direct
  
  

Certifications (Beneficial)

• AWS CloudOps engineer
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  
  

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