Senior DevOps Engineer

Department:
Software Development

Location:
SA | Central | Johannesburg

Description
We are looking for a
Senior DevOps Engineer
to take ownership of our
Azure DevOps
environment, including CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories, and deployment automation.

You will play a key role in ensuring reliable, repeatable, and secure delivery of our applications and infrastructure — including containerized workloads running in
Kubernetes (AKS/k3s)
.

This role requires a strong mix of hands-on technical expertise and the ability to design, document, and standardize DevOps processes across teams.

Key Responsibilities
Azure DevOps Management

• Manage and maintain
  Azure DevOps projects
  , repositories, pipelines, and agent pools.
• Implement
  YAML-based CI/CD pipelines
  for .NET, , or containerized workloads.
• Enforce
  branching strategies
  , PR policies, and repository standards.
• Automate builds, tests, and deployments using Azure Pipelines.

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications to
  AKS or k3s clusters
  .
• Create and maintain
  Helm charts
  and Kubernetes manifests.
• Integrate deployments into Azure DevOps pipelines (e.g., using kubectl, helm, or GitOps).
• Manage namespaces, secrets, config maps, and RBAC within Kubernetes.

Infrastructure as Code

• Use
  Terraform
  or
  Bicep
  to define and provision infrastructure resources.
• Integrate IaC workflows into CI/CD pipelines with approvals and change tracking.
• Collaborate with Platform and Cloud teams on network, identity, and storage configuration.

Security & Governance

• Integrate
  Azure Key Vault
  and manage secrets securely.
• Ensure pipelines, agents, and deployments adhere to
  least privilege
  principles.
• Enforce code signing, compliance, and audit policies in Azure DevOps.

Automation & Observability

• Build pipeline templates and reusable components for multiple teams.
• Monitor pipeline performance, deployment frequency, and failure trends.
• Implement automation for scaling, health checks, and rollback strategies.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with development, QA, and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers and developers on CI/CD best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and internal tooling improvements.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Key Skills & Experience
Must-Have

• 5+ years' experience in
  DevOps, Build & Release, or Automation Engineering
  .
• Deep hands-on experience with
  Azure DevOps Services
  (repos, pipelines, artifacts).
• Strong
  YAML scripting
  and pipeline-as-code understanding.
• Proficiency with
  Docker
  and
  Kubernetes (AKS or k3s)
  .
• Experience with
  Terraform
  or
  Bicep
  for IaC.
• Solid understanding of
  Git
  workflows (GitFlow, trunk-based).
• Experience with
  Azure Key Vault
  ,
  Service Connections
  , and
  Managed Identities
  .
• Familiarity with
  monitoring/observability tools
  (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, Splunk).
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with
  Ansible
  or other configuration management tools.
• Knowledge of
  Helm
  ,
  Kustomize
  , or
  GitOps
  tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
• Exposure to
  Drone CI
  ,
  GitHub Actions
  , or other pipeline systems.
• Familiarity with
  security scanning
  (Snyk, Trivy, Aqua).
• Basic knowledge of
  networking and load balancing
  (Kube-VIP, ingress controllers, NGINX).

What Success Looks Like

• Azure DevOps pipelines and repos are standardized and automated across teams.
• Deployments to Kubernetes are reliable, observable, and easily repeatable.
• Infrastructure changes are version-controlled and deployed through IaC pipelines.
• Teams can onboard projects to the DevOps platform with minimal friction.
• Documentation and best practices are clear and up to date.

Why Join

• Work with a modern DevOps stack (Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm).
• Help define and evolve CI/CD best practices across multiple teams.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and platform engineers.
• Be part of a team automating and scaling deployments across environments.