Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with Kubernetes & CI/CD

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Sandton, South Africa, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to bridge development, testing and operations. You will implement scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and automate deployments with Kubernetes and Helm.

You will collaborate with software engineers and IT staff to ensure continuous availability, performance and security, writing robust scripts in Groovy, Python or Bash and contributing to design and troubleshooting

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Degree in Computer Science.
• 5 years experience as a DevOps Engineer or equivalent software engineering role.
• Expert in code deployment tools (Puppet, Ansible, and Chef).
• Managing AWS infrastructure including setup, monitoring and alerts, resource allocation, and deployment architecture.
• Automation of development processes (CI/CD).
• 5 years experience in Kubernetes support and deployment.
• 4 years experience in writing and supporting Jenkins files.
• Working knowledge of Groovey, Ruby or Python and known DevOps.
• Working knowledge of GitHub with Github actions and Github runners.
• Expert in building Helm charts and continuous deployment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, efficient cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Effectively utilize monitoring and logging tools to identify root cause.
• Expert in working and deploying to Kubernetes.
• Expert in Bash and groovey scripting.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
• Build, Manage and Support environments in Azure and AWS cloud.
• Deploy updates and fixes via automated pipelines.
• Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment.
• Evaluate existing applications and platforms, recommendation and implement alternative solutions for enhancing performance.
• Conduct systems tests and manage security, performance, and availability.
• Design, develop, and implement software integrations.
• Analyze code and communicate detailed reviews to development teams to ensure a marked improvement in applications and the timely completion of projects.
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation.

Skills

CI/CD mindset

Cloud mindset

Team collaboration

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

CFEngine

Chef

GitHub Actions

Groovy

Python

Ruby

GitHub runners

Helm

Job description

Boardroom Appointments in Sandton, South Africa, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to bridge development, testing and operations. You will implement scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and automate deployments with Kubernetes and Helm.

You will collaborate with software engineers and IT staff to ensure continuous availability, performance and security, writing robust scripts in Groovy, Python or Bash and contributing to design and troubleshooting