Senior Devops Engineer

Eq Plus; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Gauteng is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent. The ideal candidate should have at least eight years of experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, along with strong Linux skills. Familiarity with tools like GitLab, GitHub, and OpenShift is essential. Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities are required for effective collaboration with management and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years working experience as a DevOps engineer.
• Experience in design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of RedHat OpenShift clusters.
• Knowledge of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles.

Skills

Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Linux experience

GitLab

GitHub

OpenShift

Ansible automation

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent NQF7 qualification

Tools

Kibana

Grafana

Sonarqube

Kafka

AppDynamics

New Relic

Job description

Minimum qualification required : A degree in Computer Science, or an equivalent NQF7 qualification; andeight years working experience as a DevOps engineer.

The following will be an added advantage : Industry, organisational and business awareness; andTeam player with can do attitude Competencies : Working experience in building and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI&CD) pipelines;Experience in design, deployment, configuration, and maintaining RedHat Openshift clusters and CP4i.Linux experience a mustA working knowledge of various tools and open-source technologiesA good knowledge of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principlesExtensive experience in GitLab, GitHub, OpenShift, ArgoCD, Kibana, Grafana, SAST, DAST, Sonarqube, 3scales, Kafka, JFrogExperience implementing Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools (such as AppDynamics, New Relic, or similar) to monitor application performance metrics, including response times, throughput, and resource utilization;Experience supporting databases and pipeline platforms, Informatica IICS & TeraData, Oracle, Postgres,Bash scripting and Ansible automationA solid understanding of configuring and managing databasesA problem-solving mindsetA spirit of teamwork and cooperationExcellent troubleshooting skillsGood communication skills are necessary for dealing with management, stakeholders, and clients.