Technology

Devops Engineer

EQPlus·Cape Town Region, south-africa·Default
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-Closes Nov 8, 2026

Cape Town | Hybrid 6-Month Contract

Join a leading financial services organisation as a DevOps Engineer and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

REQUIREMENTS:

Intermediate-to-Senior Level professional experience in the below:

Azure DevOps Cloud

YAML CI/CD pipelines

AWS / Cloud Engineering

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting and automation

DevSecOps

Pipeline and deployment automation

Build agents

Cloud infrastructure automation

Security and tooling integration

Monitoring and troubleshooting

Supporting development teams with standardised and secure engineering practices

ADVANTAGEOUS:Experience in the below is highly recommended:

Kubernetes / Containerisation

Terraform

Veracode

SonarQube

Cloud migration experience

Desired Skills:

DevOps Engineer

Azure DevOps

YAML

CI/CD

AWS

Cloud Engineering

Infrastructure as Code

IaC

DevSecOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Scripting

Automation

Desired Work Experience:

2 to 5 years

Desired Qualification Level:

Degree

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At a glance

Company

EQPlus

Location

Cape Town Region, south-africa

Employment

Default

Experience

senior

Valid until

November 8, 2026

Created

October 13, 2026

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