Senior DevOps Engineer

1 week ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa SYSPRO Full time R1 200 000 - R1 800 000 per year
Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure DevOps & Kubernetes)

Department: Software Development

Employment Type: Full Time

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.

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