SENIOR DevOps Engineer - Midrand / Semi-Remote - R650 PH

E-Merge IT Recruitment; Midrand; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm in South Africa is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer. In this role, you will lead the architecture and implementation of CI/CD pipelines and design resilient systems. Ideal candidates have substantial experience in IT Observability Systems, a strong grasp of programming, and ITIL knowledge. This position offers an excellent opportunity to shape infrastructure for next-gen software.

Qualifications

• Min. 5 years of experience with IT Observability Systems.
• Min. 6 months of experience in OpenTelemetry.
• Deep understanding of monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient systems.
• Assign additional responsibilities in the Agile Working Model.

Skills

Fluent English

IT Observability Systems (Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios)

OpenTelemetry

Shell scripting

DevOps methodologies

Education

Information Technology Qualification

Tools

Linux

Windows

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Were looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead this charge shaping the infrastructure that underpins our next generation of software.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer youll play a critical leadership role in the design and delivery of scalable secure and resilient systems. You will : Lead architecture and implementation of CI / CD pipelines across multiple product teams.

Duties & Responsibilities

Requirements

• Fluent English-speaking including Business reading and writing
• Information Technology Qualification
• Min. 5 years working experience with IT Observability Systems like Grafana Prometheus Nagios
• Min. 6 months working experience in OpenTelemetry
• Experience in configuration / development of IT Observability solutions
• Deep knowledge / understanding of OpenTelemetry framework open-source technologies like Grafana (Tempo Loki Mimir) Prometheus and Nagios as monitoring tools
• In-depth working knowledge of IT Infrastructure and Platforms - Operating systems like Linux and Windows Networks Platforms like Databases Web technologies and Cloud technology (AWS Azure Google)
• Experience in Shell scripting Perl Python and a higher programming language e.g. Java
• Experience with ITIL
• Experience in Devops methodologies and CI / CD tools like GitHub / Bitbucket / Jenkins / Nexus / GitHub Actions
• Comfortable in using Git commands on Linux / Unix and Windows
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM)Team Charter