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

E-Merge; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the architecture and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, contributing to scalable and secure systems. Candidates should possess at least 5 years of experience in IT Observability Systems and relevant qualifications. This contract role offers a competitive salary of R650 per hour, based in Gauteng with some remote work flexibility.

Qualifications

• Fluent English-speaking, including Business reading and writing.
• Minimum 5 years working experience with IT Observability Systems.
• Experience in Shell scripting, Perl, Python, and Java or .NET.

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-speaking

5 years experience with IT Observability Systems

6 months experience in OpenTelemetry

Experience in scripting languages

Knowledge of ITIL

Experience with CI / CD tools

Education

Information Technology Qualification

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Nagios

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

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.

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 or .NET
• 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

Reference Number for this position is GZ60658 which is a contract position based in Midrand / Centurion / Semi-Remote offering a cost to company salary of R650 per hour