Cloud Developer at Salt South Africa

Cloud Engineer
Recruit Digital is currently recruiting for a talented Mid-Level Cloud  Engineer for our Cape Town location. Reporting to the Dev Manager, you will have strong skills to lead DevOps for the company across various projects and software tracks.

Function

• Must be willing and able to form part of the development and code part of the solution.
• Implementation, improvement and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for our cloud services allowing developers to push their changes easily with predictability
• Platform-as-a-service, Software-as-a-service and Infrastructure-as-a-service management
• Design implement, manage and orchestrate container clusters
• Assist with Application deployments to various Azure and GCP locations.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues
•  Write process & technical documentation
• Work with CTO, SSA and Dev Manager to understand priorities and roadmap
• Share your knowledge and ensure the security, operability, quality, and scalability of our solutions
• Be available to assist and address critical downtime Skills
• Minimum 5 years’ hands-on Development and DevOps experience
• Working experience with Cloud Infrastructure (Azure, Google Cloud or AWS) – we currently use Azure and GCP
• Minimum one-year development experience with Kubernetes on a large scale Production Environment
• Experience with developing continuous/rapid release engineering (CI/CD) - Azure and circleci
• Experience implementing secure and highly available distributed systems/microservices
• Experience in implementing automated deployment tools and techniques
• Experience with containers, microservice architectures and orchestration frameworks
• Experience in supporting, maintaining and monitoring of DevOps related environments
• Experience in managing Linux & Windows Infrastructure
• Knowledge of the following languages: YAML, PowerShell, C#, Javascript ES6/ES7, Angular, Typescript, C# .Net
• Ability & desire to research new tools, technologies and best practices
•  Advanced ability to craft clear and concise documentation
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
•  Interpersonal and communication skills 

Collaboration

• Close collaboration with the Dev manager and various PM/Scrum Masters and developers.
• Train and share knowledge with a team of developers.

Innovation and Research

• Industry trends around tooling and best practice. Including staying abreast of relevant trends in relation to frameworks Reporting
• Project and Product level cost breakdown reporting
• Cost estimates for projects, products and solutions

Qualifications:

•  Completed Degree in Computer Science, equivalent qualification and / or relevant experience
• Comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle
• Experience in defining Devops within the SDLC
• A high level of attention to detail and great organisational abilities are a prerequisite to succeeding in this role

Attributes required for the role:

• Excellent written, visual and verbal communication
• Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail and a well-structured thought process
• Proven track record in delivering Devops solutions in production environments