Junior DevOps Engineer

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
Permanent

COMPANY:
A large retail chain based in Cape Town

LOCATION:
Cape Town (Hybrid working model)

JOB OVERVIEW:
The primary focus of this position is to administrate, configure, monitor, and maintain our continuous integration and source control areas. You will need to be helpful and supportive to your team and fellow developers. You'll join an energetic, focused, and dynamic team.

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Develop Frameworks to do the following:

Build and Deploy Java Applications, Javascript, and containerized applications
Jasper Report Deployments
Oracle Stored Object Compilations
Provision infrastructure with Terraform

Source Control Management using:

Subversion Edge
GitLab - Maintain the latest version as well as Backup & Recovery

Application Server Administration using:

Weblogic, Tomcat, and Docker - Install & configure, Monitor & Maintain and Troubleshoot & problem solve.

Continuous Delivery Pipelines using Jenkins:

ADF Deployments
Java Spring Deployments
Html / javaScript Deployments

Monitoring:

Troubleshooting potential issues (Reactive/Proactive)
Monitoring tools used: Oracle Enterprise Manager 13C, Nagios / Icinga, App Dynamics, Graylog / ELK, and Google Cloud Operations.

Documentation:

Document all processes and procedures, installation/configuration/upgrade processes

Research & Development:

Investigate and access new tools to be used in the DevOps environment and their viability as well as their fit.
Think on an enterprise scale. I.E reuse, flexibility, fit for purpose, cultural fit within the company
Ongoing process re-engineering to adapt continuous integration environment to technological changes.

Support Development teams with build processes and release management of new changes to production.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

You will be working with the following technologies:

Jenkins
Java / Python / Groovy / Shell scripting
Artifactory
Gitlab
SVN
Oracle Weblogic Server
Apache Tomcat
Docker
Kubernetes (Rancher / GKE)
Apache HTTP
Nagios (Icinga)
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Package Managers (Maven / NPM/ PIP)
Jasper Reports Server
Terraform
ELK Stack / Graylog
Linux
Google Cloud Platform
Streamsets / Debezium

Competencies:

Strives for continuous improvement
Works smart, not hard (DevOps has 4 team members supporting hundreds of servers across +- 20 technology types, and it is expanding quickly)
Needs to have adopted DevOps as a culture
Needs to embrace change rather than fear it
The natural tendency to take ownership and responsibility
Strong problem-solving, effective planning, and organizational skills
Detail oriented
Take responsibility for team failures
Excellent communication skills
You have a can-do attitude
Can cope under pressure
A positive outlook on life
Above all, be passionate about what you do

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: