DevOps Engineer (Enablement) at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

• To automate the processes between software development and IT teams to enable continuous delivery through designing, developing, testing and releasing software frequently, faster and more reliably in an agile environment 
• To ensure continuous delivery through continuous integration and continuous deployment Using Lean thinking, ensure continuous improvement and collaboration between development testing and operations
• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness
• Control costs for business area
• Plan, implement, manage and report on cost effectiveness and communicate or escalate any variances
• Manage high risk and problematic financial issues in area of accountability and contribute to the development of policy
• Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in
• Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support
• Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking, benchmarking and representation on related forums
• Assess client needs utilizing a structured requirements process i.e. gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes

Minimum Qualification

• Matric
• Bachelor's degree in Programming/Systems or Computer Science or other related field  would be beneficial

Additional Requirements

• Experience on ITIL methodologies, e.g. Capacity management, availability management, monitoring, incident, change, release, problem, etc, etc
• Experience on working in an Agile environment
• AWS practitioner qualification
• RHCSA (Redhat Certified Systems Administrator), RHCE (RedHat Certified Engineer) or similar Linux certifications
• Experience - 4-6 years’ experience of which 3 years should be in the Automation and Cloud space.
• Intermediate experience on working on databases

Technical Skills Required

• Application support experience
• ABle to read code. e.g. java
• Senior Linux experience
• Automation tooling:
• Bamboo or Jenkins
• Ansible or Chef, Puppet, etc
• Senior Cloud experience to:
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud automation tooling
• Containerisation, knowledge on either of the below:
• Rancher
• Raw Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Understanding and implementation of monitoring tooling and alerting
• Exposure to Architecting from an Infra/Cloud perspective
• Knowledge of IT Security practices, including:
• Certificates and Keys
• Access management
• Cyber security
• Understanding of how the following work:
• Networks
• WAF
• Firewalls
• Layer 7 networks
• Architect and are able to implement Highly available systems