Senior DevOps Engineer SouthernSuburbs, Cape Town Salary - Depending on level of experience The ideal candidate for this role willbe a seasoned developer who got interested in deployment and network operations, or a sys/networkadmin who has a passion for scripting and coding, and moving into the development side.  Thiscandidate would have pushed beyond their defined areas of competence, have a holistic view of theirtechnical environments and would have experimented within Cloud offerings solutions.  Softwaredevelopment Accurately determine requirements from stakeholders Design solutions to meet/exceed allspecifications while adhering to industry best practices Code solutions which adhere to thespecifications in a timely fashion and to a high quality Adhere to Kanban / Agile (or similar) Databases Demonstrate the ability to perform basic DBA tasks, e.g. Backups, restores, user rightsmanagement, configuration Optimise database performance of existing systems and suggest changeswhich would improve performance with minimum disruption to existing systems Familiarity with RDBS,NoSQL and Cloud-based database technologies Very good understanding of T-SQL and Stored ProceduresDesign high quality, high performance and scalable databases Cloud technologies Familiarity withone or more cloud providers and the services they offer Understanding of key cloud concepts, likeIaaS, PaaS, SaaS and how to utilise them Ability to manage cloud environments via GUI and/or commandlines / API’s Manage user rights assignment in the cloud(s) and ensure security best practicesare implemented Manage costs in the cloud and allocation to correct departments DevOps Ability towork across various traditional IT teams (Developers, Server Admins, Network Admins, Analysts,DBA’s, QA) Drive adoption of CI, automation, infrastructure as code, cloud-based technologiesAlways work towards bridging the gap between development and operations teams, assisting both whenneeded to ease coordination of efforts between teams Comfortable with shell scripting languages,e.g. PowerShell, BASH, etc Security Demonstrate awareness of security best practices acrossvarious IT areas, e.g. Web, Networks, Servers, OS, Password management, etc  Role Description
Senior DevOps Engineer Southern Suburbs, Cape Town Salary - Depending on level of experience Theideal candidate for this role will be a seasoned developer who got interested in deployment andnetwork operations, or a sys/network admin who has a passion for scripting and coding, and movinginto the development side.  This candidate would have pushed beyond their defined areas ofcompetence, have a holistic view of their technical environments and would have experimented withinCloud offerings solutions.  Software development Accurately determine requirements fromstakeholders Design solutions to meet/exceed all specifications while adhering to industry bestpractices Code solutions which adhere to the specifications in a timely fashion and to a highquality Adhere to Kanban / Agile (or similar) Databases Demonstrate the ability to perform basicDBA tasks, e.g. Backups, restores, user rights management, configuration Optimise databaseperformance of existing systems and suggest changes which would improve performance with minimumdisruption to existing systems Familiarity with RDBS, NoSQL and Cloud-based database technologiesVery good understanding of T-SQL and Stored Procedures Design high quality, high performance andscalable databases Cloud technologies Familiarity with one or more cloud providers and theservices they offer Understanding of key cloud concepts, like IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and how to utilisethem Ability to manage cloud environments via GUI and/or command lines / API’s Manage userrights assignment in the cloud(s) and ensure security best practices are implemented Manage costs inthe cloud and allocation to correct departments DevOps Ability to work across various traditionalIT teams (Developers, Server Admins, Network Admins, Analysts, DBA’s, QA) Drive adoption ofCI, automation, infrastructure as code, cloud-based technologies Always work towards bridging thegap between development and operations teams, assisting both when needed to ease coordination ofefforts between teams Comfortable with shell scripting languages, e.g. PowerShell, BASH, etc Security Demonstrate awareness of security best practices across various IT areas, e.g. Web,Networks, Servers, OS, Password management, etc  

Skills and Experience
Requirements 1+ year(s) IT certification/qualification in any of the following: Development /Networking / Servers / Databases Courses completed in any other IT technology areas (Cloud, AWS,Azure, Security, Analysis, etc.) would be an advantage 7 to 15 years working in IT positions Ofwhich at least 3+ years were in a software development capacity Of which ideally 1+ years were in amore IT operations role, e.g. Networks, DBA, Security And ideally 1+ years in a team lead,management or other supervisory role Hands-on experience with using a cloud provider (AWS, Azure,Rackspace, IS) would be an advantage Excellent familiarity with the Microsoft stack and environmentBasic familiarity with the Linux stack and environment would be an advantage  Contact: Lieslde Bruyn Liesl.deBruyn@eoh.co.za