Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for highly talentedSenior and Intermediate DevOps Engineers to join our team.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won't be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
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The position reports to the DevOps Engineering Manager.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual servers
Building and deploying systems for metrics, monitoring, and logging
Operations for Kafka, Kubernetes, Nginx, Memcache, and more
Hardening servers, and building security into the platform
Developing automation so we can focus on the hard problems
Developing glue code to extend or integrate systems
The skills we need:
Is passionate about technology
Is curious, always learning, and keeps up to date with the industry
Is a team player, an active listener, mentee, and able to communicate well
Shows solid reasoning and decision making
Possesses the ability to work under pressure
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 3 years experience in a software/technology environment is required.
In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years experience in a software/technology environment.
For a senior role: 5 to 10 years of relevant work experience
For an intermediate role: 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience
An understanding of computer science fundamentals, including Linux and operating systems, networking
Solid grasp of development fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
Can write code (we use Python)
Have experience with Google Cloud, or another cloud provider (architecture, operations)
Have experience managing Kubernetes Clusters (certificates, users, kubeadm, etc.)
Understand networking deeply (tcp/ip, calico/weave, vlans, tcpdump, etc.)
Understand Linux deeply (kernel tuning, proc filesystem, cgroups, os scheduling, etc.)
Has experience with Linux administration (Processes, Networking, Disks, Security)
Has experience with one configuration management system (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
Has experience managing production systems
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If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
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