Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd Recent Available Job Opportunity – Apply Now!

Datacentrix is a leading, empowered ICT integrator that provides high performing and secure ICT solutions to corporate South Africa and the country’s public services sector.
 

 

 

 

Job Title: Senior Azure Engineer (Architect)
Location: East Rand
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: IT
Reference: JHB006481/TM

 

Vacancy Details

Our client in the Logistics sector in Pomona (Kempton Park) is seeking a talented Senior Azure Engineer (Architect level) who specializes in Cloud and DevOps to be part of their dynamic team. As a Senior Azure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure. Essentially you need to know what new developments/updates/functionality there are in Azure before it is made public. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in similar roles like Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer with a strong background in DevOps and Cloud technologies, CI pipelines, ARM, Terraform, Ansible, and writing production-quality bash scripts. Proficiency in FinOps and services plans is essential.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Builds, runs and supports highly available platform with security first principle aligned with the company standards,
• Proactively stays up to date with new Microsoft Azure services and more optimized cost offerings,
• Creates and manages platform on the company Azure infrastructure using ARM, Terraform, Ansible,
• Implements logging & monitoring into Datadog to ensure smooth operation of the Azure platform,
• Defines & manages service-level metrics such as SLIs SLOs SLAs using Datadog logging & monitoring,
• Handles incidents & outages, restores services, and performs post-incident & root cause analysis,
• Owns FinOps & Capacity Planning to optimize spending and scalability, and review opportunities,
• Delivers continuous improvement of recipes, scripts, and templates for reproducible deployments
• Shows proficiency in secure infrastructure & networking, and data life cycle management,
• Deploys and manages Azure Container Apps, uses Azure DevOps to build CI/CD pipelines,
• Leverages strong collaborative skills to partner with development and QA teammates,
• Collaborates with teammates to resolve performance issues and infrastructure-related defects,
• Collaborates with teammates in the continuous evolution of the Track & Trace technical architecture

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience working as a Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
• 3+ years of experience working with CI pipelines (Azure DevOps, Azure)
• Proficiency with ARM, Terraform, Ansible
• Proficiency in writing production-quality bash scripts
• Proficiency with FinOps and services plans

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• Azure Container Apps (ACA) experience a plus
• Experience setting up Datadog a big plus
• Hands on Experience with Terraform a plus
• Hands on experience with Ansible a plus
• Degree in computer science preferred

 

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Application Deadline: December 20 2024