IT DevOps Engineer

My client based in Claremont (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join them on a permanent basis.

IT / Finance

Responsibilities

• Deploying, automating, maintaining, monitoring and managing the clients 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
  
  

Experience

• 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
• 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
• Experience with monitoring tools - (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Familiarity with centralized logging solutions - (ELK Stack, Splunk, Fluentd, Graylog)
• Implementing alerting mechanisms and automated incident response
• 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)
• 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)
• 5+ years experience with Linux systems - (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Oracle Linux)
• Experience with relational databases - (PostgreSQL, MySQL - Postgres preferred)
• 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
  
  

Competencies

• 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
  
  

If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review

Desired Skills

• Agile
• Scrum
• Automation
• Scripting
• Cloud Platforms
• DevOps