Technical Expert – DevOps Engineer

T he Technical Expert DevOps Specialist role requires strong hands-on expertise in DevOps, secure infrastructure management and platform automation to support the deployment, operation and reliability of the JOINER platform. The successful candidate will have practical experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and automation using Ansible , Python, Bash and PHP across AWS, VMware and on-premises environments. Expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, central identity and access management, role-based/Relationship-based access control, and secrets and certificate management is also required .

As a Technical Expert DevOps Specialist, you will:

Design and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows and automated deployments for JOINER Brain, web portal, APIs and supporting services.

Manage Docker, Kubernetes and cloud/hybrid infrastructure across AWS, VMware, OpenStack, OpenShift and on-premises environments.

Implement infrastructure as code, configuration management and automation.

Maintain platform security, identity and access management, vulnerability scanning, secrets and certificate management.

Manage monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, backup and recovery, and resolve complex operational issues.

Develop RESTful APIs and API-driven orchestration.

Manage software licences, AI tokens/credits and online service costs.

Use Agile practices, Jira and ticketing systems to plan work, track delivery and manage incidents and service requests.

Extensive practical experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering and secure infrastructure operations.

Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories, automated releases, GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Copilot.

Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible and cloud/hybrid environments.

Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash and PHP.

Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, role-based and relationship-based access control, secrets and certificate management.

Knowledge of secure deployment practices, container security and software supply-chain controls.

Experience with monitoring tools, troubleshooting, RESTful API development and Agile project management using Jira.

Excellent communication, documentation and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands, work independently and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

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