DevOps Engineer - Consumer Products Squad (CDAIO)
About the role
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 Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) using Terraform and Terragrunt
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- Manage deployment of containerized applications to Cloud Infrastructure
- Implement monitoring and observability using open-source tools
- Configure alerting systems for existing applications
- Configuration management via IaC
- Patching of existing infrastructure using internal tools
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum setting
Must-Have Technical Skills
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent (GCP, Azure)
- IaC tools (Terraform, Terragrunt)
- CI/CD pipeline automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Rancher)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Loki, Mimir, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana)
- Familiarity with alerting systems (AlertManager, MSTeams Webhooks, CloudWatch alarms)
- Scripting languages (Bash, Python)
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Nice-to-Have Technical Skills
- Experience with Big Data tools (Spark, Hadoop)
- MLOps and AI pipeline deployment
- DevSecOps tooling (SonarQube, OWASP)
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile framework
- Exposure to enterprise banking environments
Must-Have Soft Skills
- Strong communication and documentation
- Team collaboration and cross-functional coordination
- Analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Adaptability and continuous learning
- Ownership and accountability
Nice-to-Have Soft Skills
- Mentorship and leadership experience
- Strategic thinking and architectural input
- Empathy for internal users and stakeholders
- Experience in multicultural, distributed teams
- Attention to detail and documentation discipline
Education Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
About Absa Group
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
DevOps Engineer - Consumer Products Squad (CDAIO)
About the role
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 Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) using Terraform and Terragrunt
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- Manage deployment of containerized applications to Cloud Infrastructure
- Implement monitoring and observability using open-source tools
- Configure alerting systems for existing applications
- Configuration management via IaC
- Patching of existing infrastructure using internal tools
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum setting
Must-Have Technical Skills
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent (GCP, Azure)
- IaC tools (Terraform, Terragrunt)
- CI/CD pipeline automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Rancher)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Loki, Mimir, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana)
- Familiarity with alerting systems (AlertManager, MSTeams Webhooks, CloudWatch alarms)
- Scripting languages (Bash, Python)
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Nice-to-Have Technical Skills
- Experience with Big Data tools (Spark, Hadoop)
- MLOps and AI pipeline deployment
- DevSecOps tooling (SonarQube, OWASP)
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile framework
- Exposure to enterprise banking environments
Must-Have Soft Skills
- Strong communication and documentation
- Team collaboration and cross-functional coordination
- Analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Adaptability and continuous learning
- Ownership and accountability
Nice-to-Have Soft Skills
- Mentorship and leadership experience
- Strategic thinking and architectural input
- Empathy for internal users and stakeholders
- Experience in multicultural, distributed teams
- Attention to detail and documentation discipline
Education Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
About Absa Group
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.