Senior DevOps Engineer: CI/CD, Automation & Mentorship

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town seeks an experienced software engineer to build and implement development tools and infrastructure, while identifying problems and delivering fixes. You will work with developers to ensure processes run as designed and look for ways to automate and improve release cycles.

You’ll deploy updates, provide support, and mentor less-experienced teammates. Ideal candidates have a BSc in CS/Engineering and 3–5+ years in software development, with strong SQL basics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 3–5+ years of software development/engineering experience.
• Solid SQL/database familiarity and basic software engineering practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and agile methodologies is essential.
• Familiarity with cloud and IaC tools is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement new development tools and infrastructure.
• Identify technical problems and develop updates and fixes.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure processes work as intended.
• Automate and improve development and release processes.
• Deploy updates, provide technical support, and mentor junior staff.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable deployments.

Skills

CI/CD

Agile

Source control

Troubleshooting

Analytical mindset

Self-motivated

Conceptual understanding

Education

Bachelor of science in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Confluence/JIRA

Job description

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town seeks an experienced software engineer to build and implement development tools and infrastructure, while identifying problems and delivering fixes. You will work with developers to ensure processes run as designed and look for ways to automate and improve release cycles.

You’ll deploy updates, provide support, and mentor less-experienced teammates. Ideal candidates have a BSc in CS/Engineering and 3–5+ years in software development, with strong SQL basics and