Operability Engineer: Build, Deploy & Observe Production

Equal Experts South Africa; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Equal Experts South Africa is seeking an Operability Engineer to help ensure software runs reliably in production. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, build resilient deployment pipelines, and mentor client teams in DevOps practices.

You will work in a fast‑paced agile environment, focusing on CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and scalable infrastructure across cloud providers, containers, and VMs. South Africa-based applicants only.

Qualifications

• Experience with DevOps practices and modern CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Influence, collaborate, and manage expectations with stakeholders and the team.
• Build with consideration for production support and maintainability.
• Mentor client team members and promote best practices.
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and adaptability in changing environments.

Skills

Pair programming

Automation testing

Continuous delivery

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Datadog

Prometheus

Elastic

Job description

Equal Experts South Africa is seeking an Operability Engineer to help ensure software runs reliably in production. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, build resilient deployment pipelines, and mentor client teams in DevOps practices.

You will work in a fast‑paced agile environment, focusing on CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and scalable infrastructure across cloud providers, containers, and VMs. South Africa-based applicants only.