Site Reliability Engineer (Western Cape) at Flash Group

Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Master multiple scripting and programming languages to achieve advanced proficiency and deliver robust solutions.
• Drive the design and implementation of sophisticated automation tools and processes for managing large-scale systems.
• Lead critical incident responses with composure and efficiency, followed by thorough post-incident reviews to implement preventative measures.
• Shape system architecture and design, bringing your vision and expertise to influence high-impact decisions.
• Champion the creation and adherence to reliability standards, ensuring scalable and sustainable system operations.
• Demonstrate strong strategic thinking and planning abilities to drive team and organizational success.
• Exhibit exceptional leadership skills, with the capacity to influence key technical decisions and inspire cross-functional teams.
• Possess mentorship and coaching expertise to nurture and develop junior and intermediate team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment 

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 8-10years relevant experience in SRE, DevOps, or system engineering Matric
• Proficiency in scripting languages 
• Relevant certification such as Oracle, Cloud,Dev Ops

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Continuous delivery
• Cloud skills & best practices
• Observability (System and Application Performance Monitoring)
• Infrastructure as code
• Configuration management (Infrastructure as a Service)
• Containers
• Automation
• Collaboration and Communication
• Coding and Scripting
• Azure DevOps
• General systems uptimes
• SLO (Service-level Objectives)
• Latency
• Incident and outage management
• Change management
• Capacity planning

COMPETENCIES

• Think about what a typical day in the position might look like, what competencies or behaviours would be required for someone to be successful? 
• Review the Competency document and select 6-8 Competencies that would be essential for success in the role. 
• For example, if a typical day involved analyzing sales data to identify why sales have dropped, and presenting this back to the team, the competencies might include Problem Solving and Effective Communication.