The Role
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, configuration systems, and monitoring tools. Manage databases, web servers, load balancers, firewalls, patching, and infrastructure as code. Troubleshoot complex server and user issues, support incident response, conduct security and compliance activities, and evaluate new technologies. Collaborate with development, testing, and operations teams to improve deployment speed, reliability, scalability, and system performance.
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Summary of role- DevOps Engineer
A DevOps Engineer is responsible for bridging the gap between software development and IT operations by automating, streamlining, and improving the software delivery lifecycle. They design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure, monitor system performance, and ensure application reliability, scalability, and security. DevOps Engineers collaborate closely with development, testing, and operations teams to enable faster deployments, reduce downtime, and enhance overall system efficiency through automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain procedures to comply with security policies and IT best practices
- Develop and maintain documentation of systems configurations and procedures
- Monitor systems via applications, log files, Elk/OpenSearch and sanity checks
- Actively work on building and migrating PayFast to Kubernetes.
- Maintain our configuration and build management systems
- Database maintenance and implementations
- Serve as an escalation point to resolve problems in Servers and users' environment
- Work closely with technical team members (cultural fit)
- Must be able to troubleshoot complex issues quickly and effectively
- Research and evaluation of new technologies for our environment
- CI, Testing and release management
- Firewall Administration
- Security and incident response
- Patch management
- Agile working methods, agile planning, time management and planning/prioritisation skills
Requirements
Requirements:
- Matric Certification and a Bachelors (RHCE / ISO 27001/PCI) is a plus but not required
- High level of proficiency in Linux based OS
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS) Associated Certified is a must have
- Containers (Docker + Kubernetes)
- Pipelines (Jenkins/Gitlab Ci)
- Proficiency in a scripting language and application language: Bash, Python, PHP, Perl, Java, Go
- Proven IaC experience in one of: SaltStack, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Teraform
- Web Servers (Apache, Nginx, fpm, node)
- Load Balancers Experience
- Knowledge of Database technologies: AWS RDS (especially Maria and MySQL)
- NoSql DBs,pub/sub and Key/Value stores: Redis/mongo
- Replication technologies
- Experience in Networking: OSI, (AWS TGW and basic on prem OSI model)
- Queues – Rabbit, MQ
Skills Required
- Matric certification
- Bachelor's degree
- High proficiency with Linux-based operating systems
- AWS Associate certification
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI pipelines
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or application language: Bash, Python, PHP, Perl, Java, or Go
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with SaltStack, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform
- Experience with Apache, Nginx, PHP-FPM, or Node.js web servers
- Load balancer experience
- Knowledge of AWS RDS, MariaDB, and MySQL
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases, Redis, MongoDB, publish-subscribe systems, and key-value stores
- Experience with database replication technologies
- Networking knowledge including OSI concepts, AWS Transit Gateway, and on-premises networking
- Experience with RabbitMQ or MQ queue technologies
- RHCE certification
- ISO 27001 certification or knowledge
- PCI compliance knowledge
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What We Do
Sabenza IT is a niche recruitment company specializing in Information Technology, SAP, Finance, and Engineering roles, with over 23 years of experience.
