With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade Platform services & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver against business requirements at an optimal cost to serve.Job Description
The Cloud Adoption Office is looking for a Senior Devops Engineer with a strong background in cloud operations. Responsible for managing complex cloud environments, optimizing, and automation deployments while collaborating closely with cloud engineers, security engineers & cloud architects. Reporting into Cloud Operations Lead.
Job Description:
Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems with high quality solution.
Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
Quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organization principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines
Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
Apply version control and related concepts and techniques
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. Releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.
Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization technologies teams and make recommendations for improvements.
‘Stay ahead’ of business needs through proactive engagement with business leaders
Oversee and manage AWS environments, ensuring reliability, security, and compliance.
Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for proactive issue resolution (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
Design and implement full-stack observability strategies, ensuring end-to-end visibility across cloud environments, applications, and infrastructure using tools like OpenTelemetry, AWS X-Ray.
Develop, deploy, and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
Work cross-functionally with DevOps, developers, and security teams to drive best practices and mentor junior engineers.
Identification of automation opportunities, to eliminate waste, encourage self-service, decrease manual toil & enhance operational excellence for users of AWS.
Required Qualifications & Experience
10+ years of experience in IT, with a strong focus on cloud operation and engineering
7+ years of hands-on AWS experience managing large-scale production environments.
Expertise in AWS services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, and more.
Strong DevOps and automation expertise using Terraform, Ansible, or other configuration management tools.
Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Extensive experience with monitoring/logging solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog).
Strong knowledge of observability best practices, including tracing, logging, and metrics collection.
Good stakeholder management, communication & cross-functional team working for collaborative outcomes.
Strong knowledge of networking, troubleshooting, security, and IAM best practices in AWS.
Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
Deep understanding of CI/CD tools and workflows.
Experience in designing highly available and scalable architectures.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information TechnologyAbsa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in IT with strong focus on cloud operations and engineering
- 7+ years of hands-on AWS experience managing large-scale production environments
- Expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS)
- Strong DevOps and automation expertise using Terraform, Ansible, or other configuration management tools
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Extensive experience with monitoring/logging solutions (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog)
- Strong knowledge of observability best practices including tracing, logging, and metrics (OpenTelemetry, AWS X-Ray)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
- Deep understanding of CI/CD tools and workflows (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline)
- Strong knowledge of networking, troubleshooting, security, and IAM best practices in AWS
- Experience designing highly available and scalable architectures
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or equivalent
- Good stakeholder management, communication and cross-functional teamwork
Absa Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Absa Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Absa Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical aid, group life, disability, and funeral cover are described as comprehensive, with features such as terminal‑illness advances and beneficiary grocery benefits. Wellness and assistance offerings support overall financial and personal wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — A pension fund and group retirement arrangements are positioned as core benefits within fixed remuneration. Retirement coverage is embedded alongside other protections as part of standard employment.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee share‑ownership (eKhaya) and equity‑linked awards broaden wealth‑sharing, with dividends or cash‑equivalent participation in some markets. This provides longer‑term value beyond base pay.
Absa Group Insights
What We Do
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond. We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
