DevOps Engineer

2 weeks ago

Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa Watershed Consulting Full time R80 000 - R120 000 per year

Our client is established financial services /Wealth and Asset Management firm is seeking an experienced and dedicated DevOps Engineer to join their Software Development team. This role is primarily focused on supporting and automating our Linux and Windows infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and cloud technologies (Azure). The ideal candidate will be a specialist in Linux systems and possess the skills to maintain a robust, secure, and highly available hybrid environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

The DevOps Engineer will design, implement, and maintain automation and deployment processes across Coronation's hybrid landscape. The role requires strong Linux expertise with working knowledge of Windows systems, supporting both legacy and modern workloads. The engineer will help drive infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD maturity, container orchestration, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Job Details

Job Title

DevOps Engineer (Linux-Focused, Hybrid Environment)

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Country

South Africa

Location - Province

Western Cape

Location - Town / City

Cape Town

Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities

Infrastructure and Automation:

  • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for both Windows (.NET) and Linux workloads (native and Kubernetes).
  • Maintain automation scripts such as ansible (Linux) and PowerShell (Windows).
  • Maintain shared services such as message queueing, object storage, logging infrastructure and reverse proxies.
  • Support deployment and scaling of containerized workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Manage configuration, provisioning, and patching of servers using infrastructure-as-code principles.

Systems Management:

  • Support Windows servers running .NET APIs.
  • Administer Linux-based VMs hosting shared services.
  • Ensure health monitoring, performance tuning, and log aggregation.
  • Maintain and optimise RDMBS databases from a DevOps perspective (backups, performance monitoring, automation).

Monitoring, Security and Compliance:

  • Implement observability stack - monitoring, alerting, and logging standards across all systems.
  • Contribute to security hardening, secrets management, and patch compliance.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory controls.

Collaboration:

  • Work closely with software engineers, system administrators, and QA to improve software delivery processes.
  • Participate in sprint planning, release coordination, and incident response.
  • Provide technical guidance on best practices for DevOps tooling and automation. 
Ideal Experience
  • 3 to 6 years of DevOps, Systems Engineering, or related experience.
  • Strong experience in Linux server administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, or equivalent).
  • Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.), containerization (Docker), and Shell scripting (Bash).
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (deployments, services, ingress, Helm).
  • Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, Git repositories, and board workflows.
  • Competent with Windows administration and PowerShell scripting.
  • Understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, and reverse proxy configurations (nginx, HAProxy).
  • Experience integrating and managing observability tools such as Graylog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
  • Basic SQL Server management and automation experience.
  • Strong working knowledge of financial instruments, settlement conventions, and post-trade processes.

Advantegeous:

  • Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
  • Familiarity with object storage (S3, MinIO, etc.) and message brokers (RabbitMQ).
  • Knowledge of CI/CD practices for .NET and containerized applications.
  • Previous experience in environments transitioning to Kubernetes.
  • Previous experience in asset management / wealth management industry.
Ideal Qualifications
  • A completed Information Systems or Computer Science degree, or relevant BTech Degree, is required.
  • Further postgraduate studies advantageous.
  • Relevant certifications (RHCE, CKAD, Azure DevOps Engineer, etc.) are beneficial.
Most Important Attribute

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Systems Knowledge
  • Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)
  • Azure DevOps
  • Git
  • Ansible or similar (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes + Helm
  • NGINX / HAProxy
  • Prometheus / Grafana / Graylog
  • PowerShell / Bash
  • SQL Server
  • Azure Cloud