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We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. You must be based in South Africa.<\/strong> The role is not simply about facilitating the continuous delivery of quality software; we focus on the operational requirements we deliver to ensure that software runs in production, as desired.<\/p>\n

Our Senior DevOps Engineers draw on all their experience of DevOps practices in what\u2019s a very hands-on, collaborative role \u2013 actively pairing with others to share knowledge and increase the delivery team\u2019s maturity around Operability.<\/p>\n

The role of the Senior DevOps Engineer involves working in teams that use modern agile technical practices – including continuous
\nintegration and deployment and fast feedback loops – to deliver timely and pragmatic solutions, as well as helping others to do their jobs in a more effective way.<\/p>\n

Responsibilities of the Senior DevOps Engineer<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Influence, collaborate, and manage expectations with immediate stakeholders and the team.<\/li>\n
  • Build with consideration for the customer’s ability to support and maintain the software.<\/li>\n
  • Provide support and leadership by mentoring client team members.<\/li>\n
  • Clearly communicate technical concepts or ideas to any audience.<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Required Skills of the Senior DevOps Engineer<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Open and capable of pair or mob programming. Can work closely with developers in cross-functional teams.<\/li>\n
    • Programming language and coding experience (e.g., able to build a simple service with automated tests).<\/li>\n
    • Strong automation skills, including experience with unit testing and automated testing tools.<\/li>\n
    • Delivers small pieces of work continuously. Prefers shorter feedback loops and aims for all work to go to production.<\/li>\n
    • Understands when and why to use a branching strategy and recognizes when a branching strategy has gone too far.<\/li>\n
    • Strong technical background in build, release, and environments, with experience and expertise in software build tools, CI tools like Jenkins, Gitlab, and Github Actions.<\/li>\n
    • Strong knowledge of Linux and\/or Windows. Comfortable working on the command line.<\/li>\n
    • Solid understanding of Cloud Computing providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and experience with functions, containers, and virtual machines.<\/li>\n
    • Familiarity with infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM,Pulumi).<\/li>\n
    • Understanding of telemetry practices (monitoring, graphing, alerting, anomaly detection) and tools (e.g., Elastic, Grafana, Datadog, Sensu, Prometheus).<\/li>\n
    • Proficient in network implementation, debugging network issues, and collaborating with networking teams to build and maintain networks.<\/li>\n
    • Experience running, operating, and supporting software in production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Must have:<\/h3>\n
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      • 8+ years’ experience in a Similar position<\/li>\n
      • Please note:<\/strong> you must<\/strong> live in South Africa to\u00a0 apply for this role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"South Africa","_application":"talent@samford.co.za","_company_name":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":1,"_remote_position":1,"_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[10],"job-types":[28],"class_list":{"0":"post-330","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_type-perm-contract","8":"job-type-permanent-or-contract","9":"job_position_featured"},"yoast_head":"\nSenior DevOps Engineer - Samford Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senior DevOps Engineer wanted: Go beyond continuous delivery to ensure software runs as desired in production. 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