Our client, a well-established and highly respected financial services organisation, is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their Information Systems team.

This role sits at the heart of their hybrid technology environment and is ideal for someone who thrives on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust DevOps processes across both Linux and Windows environments, supporting legacy systems and modern, containerised workloads. The role offers exposure to Kubernetes, CI/CD maturity, infrastructure-as-code, and enterprise-grade systems in a highly regulated environment.

Duties:
 

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for both Windows (.NET) and Linux workloads, including containerised applications.
• Develop, maintain and optimise automation scripts using Ansible (Linux) and PowerShell (Windows) to streamline deployment and operational processes.
• Manage and support shared services infrastructure including message queues, object storage, logging platforms, and reverse proxies.
• Deploy, manage and scale containerised workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code principles for server provisioning, configuration management, and patching across environments.
• Administer and support Windows and Linux servers, including Windows servers hosting .NET APIs and Linux-based VMs running shared services.
• Monitor system health and performance, perform tuning, and ensure effective log aggregation and observability across all platforms.
• Maintain and optimise RDBMS databases from a DevOps perspective, including backups, automation, performance monitoring, and reliability.
• Implement security, monitoring, and compliance standards, including observability tooling, security hardening, secrets management, and patch compliance.
• Collaborate closely with developers, system administrators, and QA teams to improve delivery processes, participate in sprints and releases, support incident response, and provide guidance on DevOps best practices

 
Job Experience & Skills Required:

Qualifications:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant BTech(essential) 

Experience:

• 3–6 years’ experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or a related role
• Strong Linux administration experience (Ubuntu, CentOS, or similar)
• Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Docker & Kubernetes (deployments, services, ingress, Helm)
• Azure DevOps pipelines, repos, and boards
• PowerShell & Bash scripting
• NGINX / HAProxy, DNS, load balancing, networking concepts
• SQL Server (basic management & automation)
• Observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Graylog
• Exposure to Azure Cloud
• Experience with object storage (S3, MinIO) and message brokers (RabbitMQ)
• CI/CD experience for .NET and containerised applications
• Experience in environments transitioning to Kubernetes
• Background in asset management / wealth management / financial services

 
 
Skills & Competencies:
 

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability
• Comfortable working in mixed OS environments
• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-driven
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Able to work across multidisciplinary teams in a high-performance environment

 
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.

About the Role

The DevOps Engineer plays a key role in modernising and maintaining a hybrid environment that spans Linux, Windows, and Kubernetes-based workloads. This is an opportunity for a technically strong engineer who enjoys automation, clean infrastructure design, and building resilient systems that development teams can rely on.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for Linux and Windows (.NET) workloads
• Develop and maintain automation using tools such as Ansible, Bash, and PowerShell
• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices for provisioning, configuration, and patching
• Deploy and manage containerised applications in Kubernetes environments
• Maintain shared platform services including messaging systems, object storage, logging platforms, and reverse proxies

Requirements

• 3–6 years’ experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or a similar role
• Strong Linux administration experience (Ubuntu, CentOS, or similar)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, or similar)
• Solid containerisation experience using Docker
• Practical experience with Kubernetes (deployments, services, ingress, Helm)
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and Git-based workflows
• Working knowledge of Windows Server administration and PowerShell scripting

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Industry certifications beneficial (e.g., RHCE, CKAD, Azure DevOps Engineer)

Salary & Benefits

• No specific salary range mentioned; please contact us for details