Technical Specialist: Cloud and Open Source - Derivco - Melkbosstrand

At Derivco, we work alongside our clients who are considered giants in the industry, to create and develop the platform that hosts some of the best online casino games in the industry. We are also Platinum partners with vendors such as Microsoft and we are proud to say we employ over 2,500 of the brightest minds across our offices in the USA, South Africa, UK, Spain, Malta, Sweden and Australia. To work for Derivco means you will work with cutting-edge technology., in our designer offices. Our people are brilliant., our ideas fresh and our technology is trailblazing. You will be inspired, challenged, and stimulated every day and you will receive an extraordinary number of high-fives - rewarded for work well done. A place where you will feel as if you have found your intellectual and creative home. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Derivco is an equal opportunities employer. We value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances and we are committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a productive working environment free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. Derivco South Africa is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud & Open Source Technical Specialist to be part of our dynamic team. Key responsibilities: Design, deploy, develop, and configure solutions for server, network, application, and compliance automation. Work with or lead a team to break down solutions into small tasks that can be completed autonomously Participate in the design of service automation in cloud towards Infrastructure-as-code. Designing solutions that will operate at scale. Driving adoption of new tools and techniques being able to understand their value and impact. Deep experience with either Azure, AWS or physical datacenter infrastructure (such as hardware load balancers, imaging systems, out of band management, DNS). Manage mission critical, large scale service in a global organization. Strong technical knowledge of large scale, complex platforms. Experience handling large numbers of diverse systems with configuration management systems like: Kubernetes, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Salt. Sysadmin knowledge of DNS, network topology, routing, Docker, ELK, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes Familiarity with distributed systems is a plus including: the CAP Theorem, Microservices, and the Twelve Factor Application principles. Provide input into product selection and standards, design, and certification. Run, maintain and schedule upgrades of mission-critical shared infrastructure. Provide feedback regarding development and engineering methodologies, standards and leading practices. Create and/or contribute to deliverables, technical and non-technical, that are required to support DevOps transformations. Requirements gathering for design, development and deployment Root cause analysis and improvement solutions Performing audits and analysis of existing products for the purpose of ensuring proper configuration management and consistency. Adhere ITIL guidelines for Incident, Problem, and Change Management Ability to work with 3rd party vendors (i.e. VMWare, Amazon, etc) for escalation of issues Define and create standard operating procedures that are compliant and auditable Is able to absorb rapidly new technical information, business acumen, and apply it effectively. Experience in one of the following: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl or Ruby Ability to make key decisions as they relate to service disruptions and problems. Expertise in designing, analysing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. Systematic problem-solving approach, excellent communication skills, and a sense of ownership and drive. Engage in and improve the whole life-cycle of services, from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement. Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews. Monitor production alerts, investigate, and solve for both the short and long term. Scale systems sustainable through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity. Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems. Manage the solution design (as the design authority) with high level architecture of software Skills and Experience Experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes and other types of Microservices and Container technologies such as Tanzu TKG & AKS highly preferred. Experience with application load balancing solutions for scaling and HA Linux and Windows administration experience Well versed in internet architectures, including web, application, and database components Deep understanding of firewalls, NAT and packet filtering (specifically lP tables) General Networking skills required (Layer 2 & 3 switches, TCP/IP, SNMP, etc.) Interest and ability to learn other technologies and tools as needed Exposure and hands on experience with Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) with strong coding capability in building environments and deploying applications. Experience with various Microsoft and open-source based platforms is a plus (such as IIS, MsSQL, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, Redis, Cassandra, etc.) Flexibility in scheduling with a willingness to work extra non-standard hours on occasion Kubernetes Administration - 5 years Tanzu Linux Administration - 8 years Virtualisation Support - 8 years Storage - 3 Years Scripting & Automation Worked on large complex projects Good documentation Cloud experience - 3 years Scripting & Automation - 5 years Worked and lead on large complex projects Apply Now

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