Infrastructure DevOps Engineer

BETSoftware; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Johannesburg is seeking an Infrastructure DevOps Engineer who will focus on building automation code and managing CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a degree in a related field and at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong skills in automation tools like GitHub, Jenkins, and Ansible are required. This role emphasizes collaboration within a dynamic team environment, ensuring coding standards and customer needs are met.

Qualifications

• 2+ years working experience in Information Technology in a similar role.
• Strong understanding of automation tools.
• Programming fundamentals in any language.

Responsibilities

• Build automation code using CI/CD methodologies.
• Manage CI/CD pipeline and ensure code quality.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve project success.

Skills

Automation coding

CI/CD methodologies

Git

Linux integration

Troubleshooting

Customer communication

Education

Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

GitHub

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

OpenShift

Job description

Job title : Infrastructure DevOps Engineer

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : August 31, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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Responsibilities

• Ability to build automation code using CI / CD methodologies including, Github, ArgoCD, k8s / Openshift, helm to name a few.
• Group operating as a shared service, helping groups adopt automation.
• Manage a CI / CD pipeline including repo & branch management, PR best practices and automated & secure pipeline integration.
• Build out a wide array of project-specific and reusable components as infrastructure, created in on-prem, AWS and Azure platforms.
• Drive the adoption of automation from installing middleware On-Prem to building out entire stacks in AWS and Azure.
• Work across multiple projects in flight and with changing priorities as part of a relatively small, focused team.
• Will have strong experience using Git, including an excellent understanding of branching, merging, and the Pull Request process (We use Github).
• The incumbent must adhere to the quality standards of coding ensuring that clean, quality code is written.
• Act as a mentor and upskill relevant Team Members which will also contribute towards the growth and development of the department.
• Review code of peers ensuring that standard code quality is met.
• Work with cross-functional teams to achieve a single goal of project success adhering to project timelines.
• Strong understanding of error handling, logging and monitoring of implemented systems.
• Work tightly with our customers, to understand, capture, and deliver against their requirements.
• Design and build distributed systems.
• Work with your fellow engineers and the community to serve our customers.
• Support the requests of the Production and Development Teams to solve any problems related to the container platforms.
• Develop and oversee the backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies.
• Maintain documentation for procedures, configurations and programs Ensure systems adhere to NIST and Departmental standards.
• Develop automation scripts using Ansible or equivalent.
• Maintain software repositories and apply software updates.
• Install, configure and maintain OpenShift environment.
• Maintain / Monitor (i.e. Prometheus) the health of the systems through both automated and manual processes.
• Linux integration with other environments (authentication / directory services, network file systems, etc.).
• Understand OS and Application-level issues and advise on next steps.
• Ability to communicate clearly and set the right expectations with all stakeholders.
• Applicable understanding of RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Understand infrastructure as code and the typical toolchains for implementing and maintaining these practices.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, a B. Comm Business Information Systems (BIS) Degree.
• Very high quality Technikon Diploma.
• 2+ years working experience in Information Technology in the same or a similar role.
• Must have extension knowledge and in creating automation code and ability to take on multiple projects simultaneously.
• 2 + Years’ experience with the following technologies :
• Strong GIT or similar Source control product.
• Jenkins / ArgoCD.
• Ansible (CHEF, Puppet).
• AZW / AZURE.
• Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, CloudFormation, Puppet or any other IaC or declarative configuration tooling.
• Integration with other environments (authentication / directory services, network file systems, etc).
• Troubleshooting experience.
• Programming fundamentals in any language.
• Understanding Linux troubleshooting and, permission SELinux.
• Customer needs are top priority.
• Communicate clearly and set the right expectations.

Living the spirit

• Collaborate effectively with various project teams to enhance build and deployment processes.
• Act as a mentor to team members, contributing to their growth and development.
• Operate within a shared service group to assist in adopting automation, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Embrace multiple projects simultaneously and contribute actively to their success.
• Take initiative in driving the adoption of automation tools and practices across different projects.
• Embrace the dynamic nature of working across multiple projects with changing priorities.
• Build an innovative, adaptable infrastructure using various tools like Terraform, Jenkins, and Docker / Kubernetes.
• Encourage and promote individuality and expertise in automating processes using diverse technologies like Ansible, AWS / Azure, and more.
• Uphold coding quality standards while encouraging creativity and individual problem-solving within the team.

Apply Before : 08 / 22 / 2025

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