Junior Development Operations Engineer at G4S

• The successful incumbent is a self-starter with a proven track record in maintaining company policy, adopting best practices, and is able to exercise sound judgement in the pursuit of the achievement of the goals of the organisation, and understanding the role which the Junior DevOps Engineer plays within a successful business unit. The incumbent will be expected to be results driven and to live the values of the organisation.

Main Puprose of the Position

• As a Junior DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for the delivery and support of production software systems. You will design and implement automation for operational aspects (monitoring, disaster response) while managing availability, performance, and change management within a DevOps team, ensuring standards are maintained.

Main Responsibilities

Software Delivery Management

• Plan and manage the delivery of quality software on time.
• Plan what you will be delivering and when.
• Provide daily progress updates indicating progress, risks and issues.
• Release software adhering to the software release process.
• Take ownership of your delivery and do what you promised and committed to.

Review business requirements & technical specifications

• Take accountability for automation software designs
• Deliver comprehensive designs.
• Deliver safe and secure designs that mitigate risks.
• Deliver designs that meet business requirements

Develop Automation Tools

• Deliver quality automation tools that:
• Automate testing, build, deployment and monitoring processes 
• Adhere to coding standards
• Apply best practices
• Ensure continuity of support by means of documentation and accurate release notes.

Support Production Systems

• Provide 2nd line productions support and monitor production for improvements:
• Resolve critical issues escalated by 1st line support.
• Provide accurate feedback to helpdesk.
• Perform any software changes with the necessary urgency.
• Continuously improve observability to ensure the uptime and reliability of our applications 
• Weekly Statistics for the product you are assigned

Health and Safety

• Participate in the design/ development/ review/ implementation and monitoring of the branch /region /national safety plans for each year.
• Participate in safety forums created by company for example safety meetings and safety talks
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Discuss all safety incidents on all levels
• Follow-up on any activities assigned through safety meeting/ committee/ representative/ management
• Attend safety education and refresher programmes
• Comply with safety policies and procedures at workplace
• Distribute safety information as and when required
• Wear protective clothing all the time
• Ideal Candidate

Qualifications & Experience

• A relevant Tertiary Qualification, preferably in computer science or information systems
• 1 - 2 years experience as DevOps Engineer
• Effective and efficient in C# / Java.
• Experienced in Object Oriented Programming, Design patterns and SOLID principles.
• Experienced in ORM frameworks.
• Experienced in Relational Databases and SQL.
• Experienced in RESTful APIs to connect to back-end services.
• Proficient in git code versioning tools. 
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
• Able to use APIs and third-party libraries. 
• Knowledge of IPv4 networking, web protocols
• Knowledge and experience in microservices or service-oriented architectures (SOA and REST)

Skills and Attributes

• Reporting
• Monitoring and alerting tools 
• Java application build processes and tools (CI/CD, including Ant, Gradle, Jenkins, and Artifactory)
• Knowledge of IPv4 networking, web protocols
• Knowledge and experience in microservices or service-oriented architectures
• Agile software development practices and tools (JIRA)
• Continuous Integration
• Experience in systems design, coding and testing
• Fully functional within Microsoft desktop and server operating systems
• Data normalization, Efficient data access, Performance tuning
• Data gathering, consolidating, processing, sorting and display via export and or GUI 
• Understanding the organizational environment
• Understanding the organization’s goals and objectives
• Dealing with changing circumstances
• Supporting and working with others
• Delivering objectives
• Dealing with complexity
• Acting professionally
• Delivering great customer service
• Sharing and cooperating