Paracon SA is the founding company of the Paracon group of companies which provides Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services and solutions to a wide range of local and international clients. Paracon’s core business is its Resourcing division which is the leading supplier of ICT resources in South Africa, providing skilled ICT candidates for ...
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With an infrastructure as code approach the DevOps Engineer will architect, design and help implement a highly automated cloud-based deployment and operational model.
Be a strong advocate for a DevOps culture with our Development, Operations and Engineering teams.
Have an automation first approach to application and infrastructure deployment, setup and configuration.
Continue to deepen your scripting, coding and system administration skills and apply them to reduce time to market for services.
Assist with the identification and investigation of emerging technologies and associated migration paths to provide cost effective and scalable solutions.
Monitor the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies, ETC
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
Good working knowledge of infrastructure design, including network, storage and compute layers.
Deep product knowledge of relevant software products and services.
Knowledge and experience across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Demonstrated testing and quality assurance experience.
In-depth experience with at least one automated deployment tool, Chef, Salt and Jenkins experience highly regarded
Expert level PowerShell / Python scripting experience and development experience with .Net
Extensive experience with Microsoft server platforms up to Windows Server 2012 R2, System Centre and PowerShell with a focus on automation and orchestration.
Working knowledge of relational databases and NoSql databases
Experience with source control and build systems, GIT, TFS and Azure DevOps experience highly regarded.
Experience evaluating and integrating new technologies and products.
Previous System Administration and Operations experience with data center infrastructure both physical and virtual.
Good understanding of Agile methodologies, preferably SAFe
Proven experience with Hyper Scaler Cloud IaaS, and PaaS. Azure and AWS experience highly regarded.
Essential requirements are:
Typically requires demonstrable related experience with a Bachelor or equivalent degree; or moderate level experience and a Masters or equivalent degree; or a PhD or equivalent degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
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