Senior Software Development Engineer

NTT America, Inc.; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

NTT DATA in Durban is seeking a Senior Team Lead, DevOps to guide a high performing DevOps team and align design, build, release and support activities with business goals. You will collaborate with diverse stakeholders to implement DevOps strategy, drive continuous delivery, and ensure reliable, scalable operations across the portfolio in a hybrid working environment.

You will lead development of delivery pipelines, automate testing, monitor production quality, mentor team members, and manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology or related field.
• DevOps certification preferred.
• Agile certification preferred.
• Cloud platform certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Scripting languages Bash, Python, Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Manage DevOps operations and coordinate product design with business operations.
• Work with stakeholders to implement DevOps strategy.
• Oversee design, development, and implementation of processes and tooling.
• Support agile software development from development to production.
• Ensure continuous delivery through automated deployment and testing.
• Monitor service quality and automate testing.
• Plan system tests including software security testing.
• Manage tickets to maintain uptime and production quality.
• Lead and coach team members and allocate work.
• Draft and maintain support procedures.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Quality management

Software development lifecycle

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

DevOps certification

Agile certification

Cloud platform certification

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Monitoring tools

Automation testing

Job description

Make an impact with NTT DATA

Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

Your day at NTT DATA

The Senior Team Lead, DevOps is a developing management role, responsible for collaborating with a variety of business stakeholders to ensure available, scalable and reliable business experiences in the daily management of the DevOps area in the business.

This role strives to drive increased capacity to innovate and expedite the value add to the business and additional responsibilities includes the management of all design, build, release and support activities associated with the relevant portfolio.

The Senior Team Lead, DevOps is responsible for ensuring their team delivers and executes in alignment with solid DevOps principles and practices, whilst inspiring collaboration and innovation focused on operational excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Manages operations for the DevOps Team and coordinates the efforts of product design and development with the more business-oriented operations and production to achieve successful new product launches.

• Works closely with a variety of internal stakeholders to ensure the execution of the DevOps strategy.

• Designs, develops and implements operational capabilities by overseeing the design, development, and implementation of processes, capabilities, tools and processes.

• Supports with overseeing the product/portfolio lifecycle and ensures the development and operation of an agile software development process all the way through to production.

• Ensures the collaborative development and continuous integration and the early discovery and exposure of integration risks, reduced costs and shortened testing cycles.

• Tests and deploys processes to ensure the creation of processes that are iterative, frequent, repeatable and reliable.

• Manages the development of a delivery pipeline that allows for continuous automated deployment and testing ensuring the release of new enhancements and bug fixes, enabling the practice of continuous delivery.

• Monitors and validates operational quality and ensures early monitoring of the functional and non-functional characteristics by enabling automated testing.

• Manages the outcomes of the tickets opened to ensure the uptime and quality of the production system is always maintained.

• Manages individuals and groups. Allocates responsibilities and/or packages of work, including supervisory responsibilities.

• Coordinates and manages planning of the system and/or acceptance tests, including software security testing, within a development or integration project or program.

• Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for support and manages enhancements.

• Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Solid technical leadership and oversight of implementation and deployment planning, system integration, ongoing data validation processes, quality assurance, delivery, operations, and sustainability of technical solutions.

• Solid expert technical understanding of the intersection of development and operations (DevOps), monitoring and management tools, and deployment processes and tools.

• Ability in people management, risk management, change management, and project management.

• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

• Solid experience working with quality management approaches, techniques, and principles.

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.

• Solid technical understanding of development and platform engineering.

• Customer centricity and strong collaboration capabilities with excellent planning skills.

• Solid stakeholder and relationship management.

• Excellent communication skills coupled with exceptional leadership skills.

• Demonstrate an excellent and practical understanding of accepted DevOps principles.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology or related field.

• Relevant DevOps certification preferred.

• Agile related certification preferred.

• Understanding and certification of cloud platforms and services (for example, AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Knowledge and certification of scripting and programming languages (for example, Bash, Python, Ruby).

Required experience:

• Solid demonstrated Software Development and Support experience.

• Solid demonstrated experience deploying software solutions to clients in an outsourced or similar IT environment.

• Solid demonstrated experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies.

• Programming/development experience including Agile processes such as SCRUM, KANBAN.

• Solid demonstrated years of team management experience.

Workplace type : Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune

Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through

responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with

unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and

application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move

confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more

than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as

established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each

year in R&D.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us.