Sep 03, 2024 - IsoMetrix is hiring a remote DevOps Engineer. 📍Location: South Africa.
IsoMetrix, is a leading integrated risk management software company with offices in the USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and South Africa. We provide state-of-the-art solutions for ESG, EHS and GRC management.
Backed by the leading private equity firm Carlyle, an investment firm with $293bn of assets under management, SaaS-oriented business model. Crucial to the future success of the business.
We are looking for a candidate with suitable qualifications and experience to join our dynamic and passionate team in an IT development environment.
Main purpose of Job:
Build, test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for quick development and release of software. This is a four (4) month contract position only.
Primary responsibilities:
DevOps
- Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure.
- Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers.
- Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
- Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results.
- Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes'.
- Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
- Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.
IT Support
- Manage, design, plan and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best performance and security through DevOps practices
- DevOps architectural practices including Infrastructure as a code management and deployment.
- Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve automated infrastructure implementations.
- IT procurement and sustainable asset management.
- Customer engagements and RFP document population.
- Follow all best practices and procedures as established by company.
IT Strategy
- ISO 27 001 accreditation support, including ongoing compliance.
- Adequate disaster recovery strategy, including backup strategy and successful execution.
- Stay current with Microsoft Partner requirements and liaise with Microsoft Account Manager maintaining sustainable relationships.
- Partner certification requirements are met and communicated to management.
- Information Systems adoption strategy.
Minimum education experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, engineering, software engineering, or related field.
- Microsoft Azure Certification – AZ-400.
- Five years previous experience in development and operations, or related IT, computer, or operations field.
- Three years previous experience with the following Microsoft Azure infrastructure services:
o Azure SQL
o Cosmos DB
o Azure Application Services
o Monitoring, Application Insights, and reporting
o Kubernetes, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and container orchestration platforms and applications
o PowerShell
o Azure Front Door and load balancers
o Identity and Authentication, SSO/Federation, AD/Azure AD, Azure Key Vault
o Azure Storage
o Azure Redis Cache
- Previous experience with software development (C#, Web development, JavaScript), infrastructure development, or development and operations.
- Experience of working with distributed microservices application architectures, patterns and deployment frameworks/topologies.
- Experience maturing site reliability, observability and reducing MTTD, MTTR, RPO, RTO etc.
- Experience with Windows Server infrastructures, IIS, Azure App Service MS SQL, CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PowerShell and Agile workflow methodologies.
- Up to date on latest industry trends, able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently.
- Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
- Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
Additional requirements:
- Azure Certified Developer Associate.
- Azure Certified Administrator Associate.
Personal attributes:
- Excellent teamworking and communication skills.
- Knowledge of programming languages.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Good attention to detail.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
- Solid command of DevOps and Agile principles.
The IsoMetrix DNA encompasses the following core values and behaviours:
- Own It!
- Do the right thing
- Embrace Ideas
- Win together
- Think Beyond
