Application Developer - DevOps

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps / Azure Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of secure cloud-native architectures on Microsoft Azure. The role will be instrumental in driving secure DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, and enterprise-grade API platform modernization (including Azure API Management).

The ideal candidate will combine deep Azure architecture expertise with strong DevSecOps practices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security by design.

Key Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.
• Architect solutions using Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus, and related services.
• Implement multi-region and disaster recovery strategies.
• Define landing zones and governance models aligned with enterprise standards.

DevSecOps Implementation

• Implement DevSecOps practices across CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate security controls into build and deployment workflows.
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform).
• Embed security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency checks).
• Implement secure release management and environment promotion strategies.

Security Architecture & Compliance

• Design zero-trust architecture patterns.
• Implement secure API gateway configurations (Azure APIM policies).
• Ensure compliance with OWASP API Security Top 10.
• Manage certificate lifecycle, mTLS, and key vault integration.
• Define cloud security posture management practices.

Automation & CI/CD

• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement blue-green / canary deployment strategies.
• Enable automated policy validation for APIs.
• Design pipeline governance and approval gates.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, ELK, Prometheus and Grafana
• Define logging, tracing, and alerting strategies.
• Enable proactive anomaly detection and SLA monitoring.

Technical Skills – Mandatory

• Azure APIM (architecture & policy configuration)

Azure Expertise

• Azure APIM (architecture & policy configuration)
• Azure AD / Entra ID
• Azure App Services / Functions
• AKS (preferred)
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Networking (VNet, NSG, Private Endpoints)

Security & DevSecOps

• DevSecOps implementation experience
• CI/CD pipeline security
• SAST/DAST tools integration
• Identity & access management
• Secure coding practices
• API security frameworks

Automation

• Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform)
• YAML pipelines
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred)

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps / Azure Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of secure cloud-native architectures on Microsoft Azure. The role will be instrumental in driving secure DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, and enterprise-grade API platform modernization (including Azure API Management).

The ideal candidate will combine deep Azure architecture expertise with strong DevSecOps practices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security by design.

Key Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.
• Architect solutions using Azure APIM, App Services, Functions, AKS, Service Bus, and related services.
• Implement multi-region and disaster recovery strategies.
• Define landing zones and governance models aligned with enterprise standards.

DevSecOps Implementation

• Implement DevSecOps practices across CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate security controls into build and deployment workflows.
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform).
• Embed security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency checks).
• Implement secure release management and environment promotion strategies.

Security Architecture & Compliance

• Design zero-trust architecture patterns.
• Implement secure API gateway configurations (Azure APIM policies).
• Ensure compliance with OWASP API Security Top 10.
• Manage certificate lifecycle, mTLS, and key vault integration.
• Define cloud security posture management practices.

Automation & CI/CD

• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement blue-green / canary deployment strategies.
• Enable automated policy validation for APIs.
• Design pipeline governance and approval gates.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, ELK, Prometheus and Grafana
• Define logging, tracing, and alerting strategies.
• Enable proactive anomaly detection and SLA monitoring.

Technical Skills – Mandatory

• Azure APIM (architecture & policy configuration)

Azure Expertise

• Azure APIM (architecture & policy configuration)
• Azure AD / Entra ID
• Azure App Services / Functions
• AKS (preferred)
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Networking (VNet, NSG, Private Endpoints)

Security & DevSecOps

• DevSecOps implementation experience
• CI/CD pipeline security
• SAST/DAST tools integration
• Identity & access management
• Secure coding practices
• API security frameworks

Automation

• Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep / ARM / Terraform)
• YAML pipelines
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred)

Requirements

Duration – 1 November 2026 – 31 October 2027

Work Model – hybrid

Location: Johannesburg Area (Sandton)

Travel: Not required