Job Openings at The Shoprite Group of Company

Job Objectives    
1.To implement and maintain SDLC for IT System DevOps:

• Manage and prioritize new workload of the team by using a SDLC process to ensure continuity and transparency.
• Assist in the design, development, implementation, testing and/or modification of code.
• Ensure proper Database design and table layout for simplicity, yet ensuring optimized performance and stability.
• Ensure proper logging and escalation for potential failure points on all new developments deployed.
• Create technical specifications and/or support documentation for system support and reference.
• Interact and collaborate with other internal IT technical teams and/or external vendors in resolution or restoration of services as necessary.

2. Maintain and manage PROD and DEV systems:

• Manage and resolve Incidents and Service Requests using the Service
• Management and Change Management processes.
• Perform general system administration duties to ensure security and integrity of data, API’s, and system access.
• Regularly perform housekeeping duties to clear stale, unused, expired, and objects no longer needed.
• Create, manage and troubleshoot all deployed systems regularly, including Web, App, and DB servers.
• Perform general server administration duties to ensure patched systems and a stable software stack.

3. Perform peer reviews and deployment of all code

• Assist and lead troubleshooting of programming and integration challenges/problems.
• Maintain GIT repositories for DEV and PROD servers
• Ensure all code is functional, concise, and optimized
• Ensure code has been designed for failure with accessible logging and user guides/documentation in place
• Ensure all technical designs and documentation are kept in a logical library
• Ensure that the scope of new deployments is delivered in full as per design specification.
• Solid experience with Git, Apache, AWS and Azure Cloud Services and Linux
• Solid coding experience in Bash, Perl, PHP, Python, Nodejs
• Experience with Java, NodeRed, Yaml, XML is a plus.

4. Perform peer reviews and signoff of all technical designs

• Maintain and improve SDLC processes to ensure quality code being delivered timeously and bug free.
• Strong technical design skills to guide the team on all submissions and have the final signoff prior to coding.
• Strong documentation skills to review all submissions and have the final signoff prior to deployment.
• Experience with the API technologies to ensure best practices are followed and implemented by the team.
• Work with IT architects on new solution and integration designs.

5. Be involved with the entire lifecycle of a solution from design through implementation, deployment, and training.

• Solid knowledge and technical proficiency coding solutions.
• Be willing to take on the role of a senior programmer to guide juniors and ensure growth in the technical capability of the team and its output.
• Ability to take lead and responsibility for all technical designs and archiving thereof.
• Be the final gatekeeper for all deployments to PROD.
• Ensure that the software deployment lifecycle management is maintained to the best industry standards.
• Be prepared to engage with end-users and provide training on deployed solutions.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Industry Certification: IT Programming Diploma or Certificate
• Industry Certification: AWS/Azure Cloud Diploma or Certificate desirable

Experience    

• 4-7 years Extensive experience with various Programming Languages, perl, python, PHP, NodeJS, Java
• 2-4 years Experience with API definitions, integration design
• 4-7 years Experience with Microsoft and Linux System Administration for security, permissions and application patching
• 2-4 years Experience with AWS Cloud technology stack

Knowledge and Skills    

• 5-7 years understanding of Programming and SDLC fundamentals and concepts
• 3-5 years Understanding of System user and group permission administration
• 3-5 years Understanding of common application installation/patching on Linux systems
• 3-5 Understanding of Cloud PaaS, Docker, micro services.
• 3-5 years Understanding of SQL
• 5-8 years Proficiency in scripting and programming languages.
• 5-8 years Proficiency in Database design and SQL
• 1-3 years Willingness to apply experience and impart and guide a young team
• 3-5 years Strong skills in technical design of solutions
• 3-5 years Experience with standardization guidelines for SDLC
• 3-5 years Strong knowledge of API and integration design