Devops Manager

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Essential Job Functions

Interface with engineering teams / developers to understand code changes assess risk and ensure best practices for operational tasks
Be strong in troubleshooting technical issues / developers communicating and documenting procedures and recommending architectural changes if necessary
Provide adequate response to error alerts ensure proper monitoring implementation and provide solutions to ensure 100% site up time
Participate in on-call rotation duties for emergency operations

Requirements

3-5 years of experience
Fluent in a programming language (Python PHP Ruby etc)
Must be able to directly communicate with developers on specifications and architecture required to support numerous project/features
MySQL experience is a plus Mongo or similar NoSQL experience is a huge plus
Able to discern a network issue vs a system issue
Proficient with deploying and managing systems utilizing Puppet (CFEngine and Chef experience is comparable)
Knowledgeable with Red Hat package management (rpm and yum building rpms)
Able to dissect an existing application stack and convert the configuration of the system and application into an automated process
Knowledgeable about monitoring and metrics for performance not just uptime
Fluency with source control in git and github

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and will not be the final and formal template. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Equity Statement

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore please be aware that internal applicants will be considered first before reviewing external applicants provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.

Required Experience:

Manager

Essential Job FunctionsInterface with engineering teams / developers to understand code changes assess risk and ensure best practices for operational tasksBe strong in troubleshooting technical issues / developers communicating and documenting procedures and recommending architectural changes if nec...