SENIOR DEV OPS LEAD ENGINEER

IT Ridge Technologies; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech solutions company is looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer in Pretoria, South Africa. The role involves managing technical projects, improving development processes, and building CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates will have 8-10 years of experience in IT, including 5 years in a Release Manager role, and possess a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in modernizing workflows and enhancing software release efficiencies.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years’ experience in a related field.
• 5 years’ experience in a Release Manager role.
• Knowledge of IT governance frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL.

Responsibilities

• Manage large technical projects independently.
• Deliver recommendations for best practices based on customer needs.
• Build relationships as a technical advisor.

Skills

Continuous Integration

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Technical advisory skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Tools

CI/CD tools

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to improve software development and release lifecycle efficiencies by modernizing our processes & workflows and building a robust Continuous Integration / Deployment pipeline and provides guidance in organizing, securing, and automating existing product development workflows and must be proficient with agile development processes and best practices under the guidance of ICT Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage large technical aspects of projects or smaller engagements independently using appropriate business and technical skills
• Deliver best practices recommendations and technical implementations with cross-product integrations based on customer needs to ICT Management
• Share best practices with ICT and Business stakeholders
• Build relationships and become a technical advisor solving complex challenges
• Manage the configuration of the build infrastructure (Windows and Linux) in line with the policies and industry best practices to ensure improved performance
• Improve reliability and performance of DevOps test and build processes to improve efficiencies
• Design and maintain automated release channels suitable for AVBOB operations under the guidance of ICT Management
• Proactively look for ways to automate the installation and upkeep of build tools and dependencies
• Review and recommend solutions and tools to ICT Management to improve the software development process
• Own the process for releasing builds into QA and up to production
• Build, deploy and maintain production infrastructure and services in line with the AVBOB approval processes
• Managing pre / post-release code merges
• Managing the code branching strategies
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI / CD pipelines)
• Building the relationship between Engineering (Dev & QA) and IT Operations to embed the DevOps processes and functions.

Experience and Knowledge Required for the Position

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
• 8 -10 years’ experience in a related field
• 5 years’ experience in a Release Manager role
• Knowledge of the relevant Information Technology governance and legislative framework (such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, SDLC, SOA)
• Project Management experience will be an advantage
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD / CI) pipelines
• Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies