About the position
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Contract Role
Location: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office Rotation
Work Model: Hybrid (Remote & On-site)
Join our client in the motoring industry as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and become part of a global IT powerhouse driving innovation in the automotive sector. This is your opportunity to contribute to a cutting-edge AI-based quality assurance platform that supports vehicle manufacturing across a global production network.
About the Team
You’ll join a high-performing international feature team building scalable, cloud-based solutions for quality assurance using modern technologies like Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and machine learning. This role is instrumental in shaping Industry 4.0 capabilities within a global production landscape.
RequirementsKey Responsibilities
- Collaborate with development teams to enhance the reliability and scalability of mission-critical systems.
- Drive "Design for Run" activities from architecture to deployment and operations.
- Build and support infrastructure for AI/ML-based applications, primarily on Azure Cloud.
- Design, implement, and optimize monitoring and alerting solutions.
- Advocate for automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Contribute to the Agile working environment and DevOps culture.
Must-Have Technical Skills
- Infrastructure management (Cloud & On-prem)
- Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and microservices architecture
- Monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch)
- Infrastructure-as-code experience
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, especially Microsoft Azure
Nice-to-Have Skills
- CI/CD and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD)
- Unix/Linux system internals & networking
- Performance tuning, incident/defect/change management
- Background in software development (C# preferred)
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, Jira, Confluence
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum 6 years of experience in software development (C# or similar Microsoft technologies)
- Strong experience in manual or automated testing
- Prior experience in Agile environments highly desirable
Desired Skills:
- Infrastructure Management
- Kubernetes
- Automation
- Infrastructure
- Terraform
- Docker
- Grafana
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