DevOps Engineer

This is a current vacancy. We believe great workplaces are built on great people. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer in Upington, and we encourage applicants from across Northern Cape to consider this opportunity.

Overview

In addition, this DevOps Engineer role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Upington. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the it jobs pipeline across Northern Cape.

The role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Upington operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the DevOps Engineer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

Meet the Team

Crucially, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Upington office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Northern Cape operations get busy.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Where You’ll Work

Notably, the environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Northern Cape. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Beyond that, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Day in the Life

Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Upington.

Importantly, the Upington office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
• Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
• Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
• Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
• Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3

Minimum Requirements

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases

If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.