Senior DevOps Engineer

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. My Career Development Portal : Wherever you are in your career, we are here for you. Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility. 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