Senior DevOps Engineer; Azure DevOps & Kubernetes

Position: Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure DevOps & Kubernetes)

Senior Dev Ops Engineer (Azure Dev Ops & Kubernetes)

Department: Software Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: SA | Central | Johannesburg

Description

We are looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to take ownership of our Azure Dev Ops environment, including CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories, and deployment automation. You will play a key role in ensuring reliable, repeatable, and secure delivery of our applications and infrastructure — including containerized workloads running in Kubernetes (AKS/k3s).

This role requires a strong mix of hands-on technical expertise and the ability to design, document, and standardize Dev Ops processes across teams.

Key Responsibilities Azure Dev Ops Management

• Manage and maintain Azure Dev Ops projects
  , repositories, pipelines, and agent pools.
• Implement YAML-based CI/CD pipelines for .NET, Node.js, or containerized workloads.
• Enforce branching strategies
  , PR policies, and repository standards.
• Automate builds, tests, and deployments using Azure Pipelines.

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications to AKS or k3s clusters
  .
• Create and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
• Integrate deployments into Azure Dev Ops pipelines (e.g., using kubectl, helm, or Git Ops).
• Manage name spaces, secrets, config maps, and RBAC within Kubernetes.

Infrastructure as Code

• Use Terraform or Bicep to define and provision infrastructure resources.
• Integrate IaC workflows into CI/CD pipelines with approvals and change tracking.
• Collaborate with Platform and Cloud teams on network, identity, and storage configuration.

Security & Governance

• Integrate Azure Key Vault and manage secrets securely.
• Ensure pipelines, agents, and deployments adhere to least privilege principles.
• Enforce code signing, compliance, and audit policies in Azure Dev Ops.

Automation & Observability

• Build pipeline templates and reusable components for multiple teams.
• Monitor pipeline performance, deployment frequency, and failure trends.
• Implement automation for scaling, health checks, and rollback strategies.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with development, QA, and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor junior Dev Ops engineers and developers on CI/CD best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and internal tooling improvements.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Key Skills & Experience

Must-Have

• 5+ years’ experience in Dev Ops, Build & Release, or Automation Engineering
  .
• Deep hands-on experience with Azure Dev Ops Services (repos, pipelines, artifacts).
• Strong YAML scripting and pipeline-as-code understanding.
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS or k3s).
• Experience with Terraform or Bicep for IaC.
• Solid understanding of Git workflows (Git Flow, trunk-based).
• Experience with Azure Key Vault
  , Service Connections
  , and Managed Identities
  .
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, Splunk).
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Ansible or other configuration management tools.
• Knowledge of Helm
  , Kustomize
  , or Git Ops tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
• Exposure to Drone CI
  , Git Hub Actions
  , or other pipeline systems.
• Familiarity with security scanning (Snyk, Trivy, Aqua).
• Basic knowledge of networking and load balancing (Kube-VIP, ingress controllers, NGINX).

What Success Looks Like

• Azure Dev Ops pipelines and repos are standardized and automated across teams.
• Deployments to Kubernetes are reliable, observable, and easily repeatable.
• Infrastructure changes are version-controlled and deployed through IaC pipelines.
• Teams can onboard projects to the Dev Ops platform with minimal friction.
• Documentation and best practices are clear and up to date.

Why Join

• Work with a modern Dev Ops stack (Azure Dev Ops, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm).
• Help define and evolve CI/CD best practices across multiple teams.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and platform engineers.
• Be part of a team automating and scaling deployments across environments.

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