About the position
My client based in Cape Town (Claremont) is currently looking for a DevOps Engineer to join them on a permanent basis
Cape Town / Hybrid
DevOps Engineer
Are you a DevOps engineer who's looking for a fantastic opportunity? We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our development and support team based in Cape Town. We make world-class digital marketing products and we need someone to fulfill a pivotal role focusing on developing and maintaining our suite of products.
The candidate must be able to operate well in a high paced environment, have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation / management and continuous improvement.
This role would be suitable for someone that wants to make their mark. The ideal candidate will have a wide-ranging experience in this field to identify best solutions for the business. They will be responsible for implementing and managing DevOps systems whilst working closely with the development team to deliver the best possible experience to our customers.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Deploying, automating, maintaining, monitoring and managing production systems, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability and security of production systems.
- Suggesting architecture improvements, recommending process improvements.
- Evaluate new technology options and vendor products.
- Skill in networking topology and infrastructure design
- Server hardware including sizing and scalability as well as deployment best practices, server management suites
- Centralized backup and restore activities.
- Definition of processes and procedures to carry on regular server and system health checks.
- Liaising with development personnel, for product enhancements and trouble shooting.
- Liaising with technical support personnel to support them with the use of our systems
Requirements:
- Presentable and well-spoken, and able to deal with colleagues in a high pressure environment.
- Good communicator with a sense of responsibility
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and work independently
- Very good time management, ability to self-prioritize and complete work in a timely manner
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly analytical and structured thinking - you need to be an expert in identifying and prioritizing multiple tasks.
- Should be a stickler for detail
Technical Requirements:
Core DevOps Skills:
- Solid DevOps experience ensuring 24/7 uptime, automation, and configuration management - (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Docker)
- Excellent scripting skills focused on automation - (Bash, Python)
- Exposure to continuous integration tools - (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools - (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Cloud & Infrastructure:
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms - (Proxmox, AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Provisioning and scaling cloud-native applications and services
- Understanding of hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructure integration
Monitoring, Logging & Alerting:
- Experience with monitoring tools - (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Familiarity with centralized logging solutions - (ELK Stack, Splunk, Fluentd, Graylog)
- Implementing alerting mechanisms and automated incident response
Security & Compliance:
- Understanding of DevSecOps and security best practices in CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with secrets management tools - (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, SOPS)
- Familiarity with SSL/TLS certificate management - (Let's Encrypt, OpenSSL)
- Knowledge of basic compliance frameworks - (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI - optional but beneficial)
Networking & Messaging:
- Good understanding of email messaging systems - (Exim4, Postfix, Microsoft Exchange, M365)
- Solid understanding of network protocols - (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS)
- Experience with firewall management and VPN configuration
- Load balancing and reverse proxy tools - (NGINX, HAProxy, Traefik)
Operating Systems & Databases:
- 5+ years experience with Linux systems - (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Oracle Linux)
- Experience with relational databases - (PostgreSQL, MySQL - Postgres preferred)
Collaboration & Documentation:
- Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and cross-functional collaboration
- Clear documentation practices using tools like Confluence or Markdown
- Familiarity with version control best practices using Git
If you meet these requirements and would like to apply please send your cv to [Email Address Removed]
Desired Skills:
- DevOps
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Jenkins
- DevOps Engineering
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
