Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Absa Headquarters (KE)

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Job Summary

Design, implement, and support enterprise DevOps platforms, automation frameworks, and cloud-native delivery pipelines that enable secure, scalable, and reliable software delivery.

Job Description

Key Focus Areas

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments.
• Support cloud-native platforms and container orchestration.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Enhance reliability through monitoring and observability.
• Enable developer productivity through self-service tooling.
• Implement DevSecOps controls throughout the SDLC.

Strategy Execution

• Support DevOps and DevSecOps strategies aligned to enterprise objectives.
• Contribute to adoption of modern engineering and automation practices.

Customer Primacy

• Ensure platform services meet availability and reliability standards.
• Enable faster delivery of customer-facing capabilities.

Sustainable Growth

• Automate operational tasks and optimize platform scalability.
• Support cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps adoption.
• Evaluate emerging DevOps tools and technologies.

Collaboration and Team Enablement

• Partner with engineering and security teams.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing.

Operational Effectiveness

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions.

Digital Adoption

• Promote DevOps tools, automation and platform standardization.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

• Embed security controls into delivery processes.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards.

Data and Observability

• Implement logging, monitoring, tracing and dashboards.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with developers, architects and business stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

Education / Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.
• Industry certifications advantageous: Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), Terraform Associate.

Work Experience

• 5-8 years experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or Cloud Engineering.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions.

Knowledge and Skills

DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud Platforms, GitOps, Automation, Monitoring, Security Automation, Networking, Agile Methodologies.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology