Senior DevSecOps Engineer

About

We’re currently recruiting a SENIOR DEVSECOPS ENGINEER for a cutting-edge FINTECH COMPANY shaping the future of digital PAYMENTS across Africa.

This Hybrid role is based in CAPE TOWN and offers a competitive salary.

Responsibilities

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer you will join the team mission of providing reliable, compliant and secure CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING that is cost effective for the following transactions:

• Card Not Present (CNP): Ecommerce Transactions.
• Card Present (CP): Instore Transactions.

The Goals:

• Enhance the efficiency and reliability of the development pipeline.
• Foster a culture of automation and continuous improvement.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and apply best practice.
• Reduce the lead time for changes and the mean time to recovery.

Expectations:

• Design, implement, and manage infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) and ensure high availability and scalability.
• Implement observability solutions including logging, monitoring, and alerting.
• Automate repetitive tasks to reduce toil and improve system reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate and optimize applications.
• Participate in on-call rotations for adhoc tasks.
• Document processes and best practices for infrastructure and deployment.

Tech Stack

• Core Technologies: Java 17+, Spring Boot microservices
• Cloud: AWS (Lambda, Serverless, multi-AZ) with Terraform IaC
• Containers & Discovery: Nomad clusters (Docker/containerd) with Consul service discovery and mesh
• CI/CD & Automation: Git, GitLab Pipelines; configuration as code using Ansible and Packer
• Data & Messaging: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Security: HashiCorp Vault with dynamic secrets rotation
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, distributed tracing, Sentry, FusionReactor, logz.io

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering.
• Experience in payments industry.
• Knowledge of a scripting language (Python, Bash, etc).
• Understanding of network and security principles (PCI, ISO27001, SOC2 advantageous).
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS (preferred), GCP, Azure).
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog).
• Familiarity with Event driven technologies (Kafka, SQS, SNS)

Package & Remuneration

Between R100 000 - R130 000 per month.