DevOps & Technical Governance Manager
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
Job Description
A leading organisation is recruiting for a DevOps & Technical Governance Manager to play a critical role in shaping and stabilising a fast-growing engineering environment. This opportunity is ideal for a technically strong leader who thrives at the intersection of DevOps systems architecture governance and developer enablement within modern AI-assisted development environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design implement and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines and delivery frameworks.
- Embed automated testing security checks and quality controls into deployment processes.
- Define and enforce engineering standards across React PHP Python and MySQL environments.
- Implement monitoring logging and observability solutions to improve reliability and visibility.
- Support and mentor developers by introducing practical tooling templates and best practices.
- Establish governance frameworks for AI-assisted development and production-ready coding standards.
- Assist with cloud migration initiatives from Azure to Huawei Cloud while maintaining system stability.
- Collaborate closely with technical leadership to drive scalable engineering practices and delivery consistency.
Requirements:
- Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
- Solid full-stack technical understanding across React PHP Python and MySQL.
- Experience working within cloud environments particularly Azure.
- Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus Grafana or ELK.
- Strong systems thinking problem-solving and technical governance capabilities.
- Ability to mentor developers and introduce structure without slowing delivery.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools will be advantageous.
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REF: EL01
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Afrizan – Empowering the rapid transformation of recruitment services in South Africa. Afrizan is one of South Africa’s first equity staffing and recruitment solutions providers. With 51% black ownership, 33% black female ownership and 30+ years' experience in recruitment, Afrizan, as ... View more