DevOps Engineer (George Western Cape / On-site) at Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd

What You’ll Do

You’ll design, build, and own the DevOps and CI/CD platform:

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Automate environment provisioning for fast, self-service development
• Integrate security scanning into pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets)
• Implement and manage GitHub Advanced Security
• Manage secrets and configuration securely (Azure Key Vault)
• Design deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, zero-downtime)
• Build automated rollback capabilities
• Maintain CI/CD pipeline standards and reusable templates
• Migrate pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions
• Maintain visibility of all pipelines and integrations

Engineering Contribution (Non-Negotiable)

• Write code to automate infrastructure, pipelines, and operational tasks
• Build and maintain scripts, tools, and reusable automation frameworks
• Collaborate with developers to resolve build, deployment, and environment issues
• Contribute to code reviews, testing, and engineering standards
• Continuously improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability
• If it’s manual, then you automate it.
• If it breaks, then you fix it in code.

Requirements

What You Bring

• 5+ years experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or similar roles
• Proven ownership of CI/CD pipelines in production environments
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions (or Azure DevOps with transition readiness)
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Deep understanding of Azure services (compute, networking, security)
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, CLI tools)
• Understanding of .NET build and deployment processes
• Strong mindset around automation, reliability, and security

Education

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field

Advantageous:

• Certifications in DevOps, cloud platforms, or infrastructure automation (Azure preferred)
• Equivalent practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud platforms will be considered.