Centurion: Automation and DevOps Engineer posted by Network Finance

As a leading product developer and manufacturer of Electronic Systems, is searching for an Automation & DevOps Engineer, with a strong programming capability to join their dynamic team, pushing the boundaries when it comes to the application of Requirements Management, DevOps, Automation, Agile and 
traditional ways of working.

The ideal candidate for this role will have the strategic combination of the business analysis and software automation skills: critically observing and researching business processes and user interactions, to inform and shape digital transformation strategies. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring that digital 
initiatives to not only align with business objectives but also enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty by improving the user experience across digital platforms.

Your role 
– Evaluate current requirements practices with the goal of reducing & optimising 
documentation required by our engineering projects
– Research methods and tools for establishing requirement/design/verification baselines
– Align requirements baseline outputs to customer standards requirements e.g. RTCA DO-178, RTCA DO-254, ARP4754A, EN9100
– Design and maintain continuous deployment pipelines using Jenkins and handle the integration with the other development environment tools.
– Establish an agile software development environment covering continuous integration, 
continuous reviewing, continuous testing, continuous delivery and continuous deployment. 
– Design and maintain a problem reporting system in Jira that keep track of problems experienced during development of hardware, software, test benches and mechanics.
– Collaborating with developers to make sure new environments meet requirements and conform to best practices.
– Set-up, manage and maintain a LDAP server/database used for user authentication on all development environment tools.
Your role 
– Evaluate current requirements practices in SGD with the goal of reducing & optimising 
documentation required by our engineering projects
– Research methods and tools for establishing requirement/design/verification baselines
– Align requirements baseline outputs to customer standards requirements e.g. RTCA DO-178, 
RTCA DO-254, ARP4754A, EN9100
– Design and maintain continuous deployment pipelines using Jenkins and handle the integration 
with the other development environment tools.
– Establish an agile software development environment covering continuous integration, 
continuous reviewing, continuous testing, continuous delivery and continuous deployment. 
– Design and maintain a problem reporting system in Jira that keep track of problems experienced during development of hardware, software, test benches and mechanics.
– Collaborating with developers to make sure new environments meet requirements and conform to best practices.
– Set-up, manage and maintain a LDAP server/database used for user authentication on all development environment tools.

Required knowledge:
– Requirements Management 
o Analysis, Traceability and Validation at various phases of the Software Development 
Lifecycle
o Requirements management in an Agile/Scrum based context
o Requirements management for safety critical applications (RTCA)
o Requirements management of security critical applications
– Proven experience with Formal Requirements Management Tools 
– Tracking requirements evolution from Customer concept to implementation and verification. 
– Industry best practice knowledge e.g., RTCA/DO-178, RTCA/DO-254, ARP4754A
– Development Artifacts in Software Lifecycle Phases Structure e.g. SSDD, SSS, SSD, SRS, HRS, 
HDD, ICD’s, HSID, SDD, STD
– Requirement analysis and traceability
– Integration with verification phase – VCRI/VCRM/RTEM etc.
– Software tools supporting requirements management
– Doors (9.7 + Next)
– ERP Tool Knowledge (IFS Beneficial)
– DevOps (Continuous Integration / Continuous Development) 
– Business Intelligence tools 
– SQL & MySQL Database experience
– Agile team management tools
– Strong software development skills
– Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins and Artifactory experience required
– Containerized Environment experience beneficial (Docker Container / PodMan / K8s) 
– Profound knowledge in automation scripting languages
– Knowledge of IaaS and IaC beneficial

Practical Experience:
– 10+ years industry experience in the Product Development domain (beneficial)
– Experience with Enterprise Engineering (beneficial) 
– Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Continuous Integration experience

Qualification:
– B.Eng. (Electronic / Computer Engineering) or Computer Science Degree or related
– Honours and Master will be an advantage

Please send your cv to .za