Product Engineer — DevOps, Kubernetes & Cloud

Absa Group; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in South Africa is seeking a skilled DevOps engineer to contribute to application development. The role involves applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills throughout the development lifecycle, focusing on scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and experience in CI/CD pipeline development, Kubernetes, and related observability tools. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team driving technological advancements in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology required.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and Kubernetes essential.
• Strong problem-solving skills in an agile team environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Produce optimized source code for scalable applications.
• Support CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks post-release.
• Conduct peer reviews and participate in testing.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Agile methodologies

CI/CD pipelines

Debugging

Scripting (Jenkins, Docker)

Observability techniques

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Kubernetes

ELK stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Ansible

Job description

A major financial institution in South Africa is seeking a skilled DevOps engineer to contribute to application development. The role involves applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills throughout the development lifecycle, focusing on scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and experience in CI/CD pipeline development, Kubernetes, and related observability tools. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team driving technological advancements in a dynamic environment.