Job Description
Responsibilities:
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Design, build, and maintain on-premises and hybrid cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability to support business-critical and regulatory applications.
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Automate provisioning and configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency.
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Support air-gapped deployments and complex networking requirements in regulator or operator data centres.
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Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD) to support frequent, reliable releases.
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Implement automated deployment strategies (blue-green, canary releases) to minimize downtime.
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Integrate security and compliance checks directly into the CI/CD process.
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Support ingestion and processing stacks based on Apache NiFi, Kafka, Spark, Trino, and MinIO/Hudi.
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Ensure pipelines are optimized for high throughput telecom/financial data.
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Collaborate with data engineers on schema evolution, versioning, and large-scale ETL/ELT jobs.
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Configure and manage HAProxy, firewalls (UFW/iptables), VPNs, and secure ingress services (SFTPGo, Keycloak for IAM).
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Implement HA/DR strategies with strict uptime SLAs (99.9%+).
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Apply security best practices (encryption, access control, logging, compliance with GDPR/local laws, ISO 27001).
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Manage monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Fluentd/Fluentbit, Alertmanager) for full visibility of infrastructure and pipelines.
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Lead incident response, perform RCA, and proactively resolve bottlenecks.
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Define and track SLAs for ingestion latency, uptime, and recovery time.
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Work with cross-functional teams (developers, data engineers, regulators) to align infrastructure with project goals.
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Mentor junior engineers, share best practices, and lead DevOps initiatives.
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Produce comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer packages for regulator IT teams during handover.
Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
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7+ years DevOps experience in on-premises and hybrid environments with strong Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian) administration.
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Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
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Strong experience with CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD).
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Hands-on expertise with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
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Experience with virtualization (KVM, OpenStack) and bare-metal deployments.
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Strong scripting/programming (Python, Bash; Go or Ruby a plus).
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Strong background in networking, firewalls, load balancers, Keycloak IAM.
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Experience with monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Fluentd).
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Deep understanding of security automation, encryption, compliance (GDPR, ISO 27001, telecom-grade data residency rules).
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Ability to thrive in multi-tenant, regulator-facing, and SLA-driven environments.
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Strong collaboration and communication skills, including remote cross-border teamwork.
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Experience mentoring teams and leading DevOps initiatives.
Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
Apply for this role today, contact Gaby Turner at *****@*****.co.za or on LinkedIn
You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV: *****@*****.co.za
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