Lead DevOps Platform Engineer – Middleware Apply remote type: Hybrid
Location: Randburg
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Today
Job requisition ID: R-15967754
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.
Job Summary Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.
Job Description Be part of a team that formulates, defines and executes software automation principles in order to accelerate application deployment velocity without affecting stability, across the Absa Estate. Provide Technical leadership for Application owners and teams to support the execution of the CIO Strategy and targets.
Minimum requirements BSc-degree in Computer Science / Engineering or an NQF Level 7 equivalent qualificationExperience and exposure to the Banking/ ICT IndustryExperience in DevOps practicesExperience in Cloud Platform and TechnologyCertification in AWS/Azure cloud competenciesExperience in working with teams in a complex IT environmentContinuous development of knowledge within DevOpsCustomer above all else attitude Knowledge and Skills Mid-Level experience in scripting languages such as Bash / Python / RubyAbility to triage and resolve defects in any programming languageAbility to triage and resolve defects in any IT system (Networking / Firewalls / JVMs / Load Balancers / Operating Systems)Never stop improving attitude with a focus on not repeating the same thing twice, throughout the value chain from developing code to production monitoringPersuasion, selling, diplomacy and presentation skillsAdvocate the use of open-source tools and software (WildFly, GitLab, OpenShift, Ansible, Grafana, ELK, Prometheus)Ability to formulate and drive new ideas through to productionMiddleware Platform an advantage(Application Hosting – WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, Tomcat)Messaging Services – IBM Message Queue, IBM Message Broker and IIB, Kafka Competencies Deciding and initiating actionLearning and researchingEntrepreneurial and commercial thinkingRelating and networkingAdapting and responding to changePersuading and influencingCreating and innovating Education Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised. About Us Truly African We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
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