DevOps Engineer at Absa

Job Summary

• The CIB Digital Technology team is looking for DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team on an initial 12 month contract, open to JHB and CPT.

Job Description

• The CIB Corporate Technology is a fairly new team that was conceived at the start of 2015. The team was formed to create new digital experiences for customers, and has a portfolio of applications that range from native mobile applications for iOS and Android, to web-based portals and applications, to headless APIs. The team expanded to Prague at the end of 2016.

Key Accountabilities

The successful candidate will design and develop frameworks and applications that will enable integration of individual pieces in CI/CD pipeline, improve reliability of core systems and eliminate manual interactions. The overall idea is to bring value to the customers through simplification of development lifecycle for all colleagues.

• Ensuring proper architectural principles are followed and good quality of code is being produced
• Manage the business relationship by liaising directly with stakeholders and product owners throughout an agile development lifecycle
• Following DevOps principles and promote them to other teams
• Have a “we build it, we run it” mind set – you are responsible end to end for stability and success of your applications
• Play a lead role in identifying new ways of working, new technology that can be used, and better ways of using existing technology
• Strong focus on creating products where teams are self-enabled, decentralized management thereof and loosely coupled high available architecture.

Requirements

• University Degree or higher certificate in Information Technology
• Min 3 – 5 years DevOps experience
• Good knowledge of at least one scripting language (PowerShell, Go, Python)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (preferably Terraform or Ansible)
• Working knowledge of public cloud, preferably AWS
• Full understanding of CI/CD principles
• Security-first mind-set
• Fundamental understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, SSL and load balancing
• Hands-on experience with Docker
• At least basic exposure to Kubernetes and Helm
• Knowledge of Web Services / Micro Services (REST)
• Full stack application development experience is a strong advantage
• Experience in the following technologies is beneficial: Azure DevOps, Redis, Rancher, .Net
• Core, RabbitMQ, Elastic stack
• Excellent communication skills
• *Contract duration: 12 months

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised