Lead DevOps Engineer (South Africa)

Purpose

Owns the planning and delivery pipeline for all platform engineering work. Provides real-time visibility, accurate timelines, and reliable execution without managing people.

Core responsibilities

• Build and maintain the master roadmap in GitHub Projects / Azure DevOps and Ignite
• Convert incoming ideas into scoped items with clear acceptance criteria and ETAs
• Keep a live dashboard that shows status, blockers, and forecast completion dates
• Run planning sessions, standups, and retros; define sprint cadence as needed
• Track and report metrics to leadership every week
• Facilitate documentation of new processes and integrations
• Organize and deliver training sessions that improve team adoption of the workflow
• Work with engineers on estimation, planning, and process discipline
• Perform weekly backlog grooming to merge duplicates, close stale items, and re-confirm priorities with stakeholders
• Monitor cross-team dependencies and coordinate when projects overlap
• Maintain a high-level understanding of all active projects so you can step in when an engineer is out

Decision making authority

Mentorship expectations

Expected Outcomes : Success metrics

Interview Process

Apply to the position, upload your resume, and answer the questions in the application.

Required tools and skills

Experience

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