RMB
Johannesburg, South Africa
Full-time
Posted on: Today
End Date: 6 October 2025 (13 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: R40337
Job Description
The primary objective of the PaQT DevSecOps Lead is to effectively lead and coach a team of DevSecOps engineers. This role is pivotal in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the team is equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge. As a hands-on team lead, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, implement best practices, and optimise DevSecOps pipelines for continuous integration and deployment. The role also demands close collaboration with developers, business analysts, and infrastructure teams to maintain platform reliability and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
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Team Leadership: Build and manage an effective, skilled team with appropriate succession planning and provide technical leadership.
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Performance Management: Manage employee performance, clearly define goals and objectives, provide direction, coaching, and regular feedback.
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Agile Practices: Actively participate in and contribute to agile practices and ceremonies, including the Quarterly Business Review.
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Platform Management: Ensure scalable, secure, and stable environments for the platform.
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Vendor Management: Liaise with external contracted suppliers to implement new solutions required by business and technology users, in line with an agreed roadmap.
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Platform Maintenance: Ensure ongoing application and infrastructure maintenance, upgrades, and renewals to ensure platform availability and reliability (on-prem and cloud).
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Security Posture: Drive and maintain a favourable security posture for the platform, continuously addressing vulnerabilities.
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Quality Assurance: Embed principles of quality assurance and define DevSecOps quality frameworks and standards.
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Disaster Recovery: Ensure adequate disaster recovery and high availability for the platform that meets business needs.
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Cloud Infrastructure: Ensure optimal usage of cloud infrastructure and drive ongoing cost efficiencies.
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CI/CD Management: Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support seamless software delivery and deployment.
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Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy, and governance requirements in the area of accountability.
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Stakeholder Engagement: Build effective relationships to manage expectations, share knowledge, and create buy-in and aligned delivery focus.
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Technology Consulting: Research, enable, and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement.
Qualifications & Experience
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Relevant Qualifications: Any relevant qualification
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Experience:
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7 to 10 years’ experience in a similar environment, with 1 to 2 years ideally in junior (entry-level) management
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Proven experience in leading, implementing, and supporting Financial Markets systems
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Strong knowledge of DevSecOps tools and methodologies
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Working knowledge of IT security principles
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Minimum 5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure
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AZ-104 certification; AZ-305 would be advantageous
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Experience with version control tools like Git, BitBucket
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Experience with provisioning and operating CI/CD tools, either from Azure or using Jenkins/TeamCity
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Operating systems: Windows Server, RHEL
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Platforms: AKS, OpenShift (advantageous)
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Experience with Tomcat, Wildfly
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PostgreSQL, DB/2, MS-SQL Server, MongoDB and working SQL knowledge
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Working knowledge and experience with Docker
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What You Will Have Access To:
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Opportunities to network and collaborate
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Challenging working environment
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Opportunities to innovate
You Will Be a Match If You Are:
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Curious & Courageous: Driven by always wanting to know more, learn more, and brave enough to push boundaries.
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Obsessed with Mastery: Constantly pushing yourself to become better and master your craft.
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Client-Focused: Always putting the client at the forefront of what you do.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your application before the closing date of 6 October 2025. APPLY NOW
Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Job Requisition ID:
R40337
Equal Opportunity Employer:
All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. Information about disability status can be disclosed voluntarily by candidates and will be kept confidential unless required by law.