Senior DevOps Lead Engineer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT recruitment firm is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Centurion, South Africa. This role demands 8-10 years of experience, aiming to enhance software development through effective CI/CD practices and Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will manage IT projects, provide technical implementations, and improve efficiencies in deployment workflows. Proficiency with automation tools and a solid understanding of IT governance are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years’ experience in a related field.
• 5 years’ experience in Release Manager role.
• Knowledge of IT governance and legislative frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage large technical aspects of projects independently.
• Deliver best practices recommendations to ICT Management.
• Improve reliability and performance of DevOps processes.
• Build and maintain production infrastructure.

Skills

Continuous Integration/Deployment

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Technical skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology

Tools

CI/CD tools

Automation tools

Job description

Overview

Centurion, South Africa | Posted on 25/04/2025

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to improve software development and release lifecycle efficiencies by modernizing our processes & workflows and building a robust Continuous Integration/Deployment pipeline. The role provides guidance in organizing, securing, and automating existing product development workflows and requires proficiency with agile development processes and best practices under the guidance of ICT Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage large technical aspects of projects or smaller engagements independently using appropriate business and technical skills.
• Deliver best practices recommendations and technical implementations with cross-product integrations based on customer needs to ICT Management.
• Share best practices with ICT and Business stakeholders.
• Build relationships and become a technical advisor solving complex challenges.
• Manage the configuration of the building infrastructure (Windows and Linux) in line with policies and industry best practices to ensure improved performance.
• Improve reliability and performance of DevOps test and build processes to improve efficiency.
• Proactively looking for ways to automate the installation and upkeep of build tools and dependencies.
• Review and recommend solutions and tools to ICT Management to improve the software development process.
• Own the process for releasing builds into QA and up to production.
• Build, deploy and maintain production infrastructure and services in line with the AVBOB approval processes.
• Managing pre/post release code mergers.
• Managing the code branching strategies.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
• Build the relationship between Engineering (Dev & QA) and IT Operations to embed the DevOps processes and functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology.
• 8-10 years’ experience in a related field.
• 5 years’ experience in Release Manager role.
• Knowledge of the relevant Information Technology governance and legislative framework (such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, SDLC, SOA).
• Project Management experience will be an advantage.
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies.