Junior DevOps Engineer: Automate Deployments & Pipelines

Old Mutual (Africa) Holdings (Pty) Ltd; Durban; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to join our technology team in Durban. You will work with developers, testers, platform engineers and stakeholders to enable automated deployment pipelines and reliable software releases across environments.

The role focuses on CI/CD, automation, and release management to improve deployment efficiency and reduce manual work while upholding DevOps best practices. Collaboration and continuous learning are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or diploma in a related field (CS/IT/Software Eng/IS).
• 1–3 years in a technical role with DevOps, CI/CD, or release management exposure.
• Understanding of Agile delivery and automation practices.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines for software delivery.
• Automate build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Monitor and optimize pipeline performance for speed and reliability.
• Support DevOps best-practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate deployments across environments and assist with rollback procedures.

Skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Automation passion

Education

Degree in Computer Science/IT/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Docker

Cloud Platforms

Job description

Old Mutual is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to join our technology team in Durban. You will work with developers, testers, platform engineers and stakeholders to enable automated deployment pipelines and reliable software releases across environments.

The role focuses on CI/CD, automation, and release management to improve deployment efficiency and reduce manual work while upholding DevOps best practices. Collaboration and continuous learning are essential.