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.Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.Your mission, should you choose to accept it:Terraform to manage Cloud Infrastructure, Chef to manage virtual serversBuilding and deploying systems for metrics, monitoring, and loggingOperations for Kafka, Kubernetes, Nginx, Memcache, and moreHardening servers, and building security into the platformDeveloping automation so we can focus on the hard problemsDeveloping glue code to extend or integrate systemsThe skills we need:Is passionate about technologyIs curious, always learning, and keeps up to date with the industryIs a team player, an active listener, mentee, and able to communicate wellShows solid reasoning and decision makingPossesses the ability to work under pressureQualifications & 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 experienceFor an intermediate role: 3 to 5 years of relevant work experienceAn understanding of computer science fundamentals, including Linux and operating systems, networkingSolid grasp of development fundamentals such as data structures and algorithmsCan 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 systemsLike what you see?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.#J-18808-Ljbffr