Senior DevOps Engineer - Azure (Contractor)

First Point Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

First Point Group in Johannesburg is seeking a hands-on DevOps engineer to design, maintain and optimise cloud infrastructure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and work closely with technical teams.

You will implement IaC, manage Linux administration, and monitor systems with ELK/OpenSearch, Docker, Kubernetes, and related technologies. Experience in Agile environments is valued and migration of PayFast to Kubernetes noted.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Design, maintain and optimise cloud infrastructure.
• IaC with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef or SaltStack.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including migrations.
• Experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI.
• Scripting in Bash, Python, PHP, Java or Go.
• Load balancing and networking experience.
• Database experience with MySQL/MariaDB and cloud databases.
• Redis, MongoDB, queues and replication technologies.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain and optimise cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Migrate PayFast to Kubernetes.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code.
• Linux administration and complex troubleshooting.
• Monitor systems using logs and ELK/OpenSearch.
• Manage security, incident response, firewalls and patching.
• Support database maintenance and implementations.
• Manage CI, testing and release processes.
• Research and evaluate new technologies.
• Support system reliability, scalability and availability.

Skills

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Bash

Python

PHP

Java

Go

Networking

Troubleshooting

Agile

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

SaltStack

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Nginx

Apache

FPM

Node.js

Redis

MongoDB

MySQL/MariaDB

Job description

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving deployment processes and working closely with technical teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain and optimise cloud infrastructure
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes, including the migration of PayFast to Kubernetes
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management
• Perform Linux administration and complex troubleshooting
• Monitor systems using applications, logs and ELK/OpenSearch
• Manage security, incident response, firewalls and patching
• Support database maintenance and implementations
• Manage CI, testing and release processes
• Research and evaluate new technologies
• Support system reliability, scalability and availability

Key Requirements

• High-level proficiency in Linux
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI
• Scripting/programming experience in Bash, Python, PHP, Java or Go
• Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef or SaltStack
• Experience with Apache, Nginx, FPM or Node
• Load balancing and networking experience
• Database experience, ideally MySQL/MariaDB and cloud-based databases
• Experience with Redis, MongoDB, queues and replication technologies
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Experience working within Agile environments

Advantageous:

Certifications such as RHCE, ISO 27001 or PCI would be advantageous but are not essential.