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Release and DevOps Specialist

Release and DevOps Specialist

Network RecruitmentJohannesburg, South Africa
4 days ago
Job description

An established business in the South African long-term insurance sector, with over 25 years of experience, is looking for a Release & DevOps Specialist to join their team. Innovation and client centricity are at the heart of everything they do. The successful candidate will bridge development, QA, and operations enabling developers to focus on building features while ensuring high-quality, production-ready releases reach the business on time.

Whats in it for you?

Youll work in an environment that values innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement, while gaining exposure to cutting-edge DevOps practices in a stable, people-focused company with a strong national footprint.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Manage the release calendar, coordinating with product owners, developers, and QA.
  • Build and maintain CI / CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for .NET, Blazor, and SQL Server applications.
  • Automate deployments across dev, staging, and production environments with rollback strategies.
  • Maintain environment parity and stability while monitoring performance and compliance.
  • Triage staging issues and work closely with QA and developers to ensure release readiness.
  • Continuously improve processes to deliver faster, safer, and more reliable releases.

Education :

  • Relevant IT qualification or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience :

  • Strong track record in release management and DevOps within enterprise or regulated environments.
  • Proven experience with CI / CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
  • Hands-on deployments of .NET, Blazor, and SQL Server applications.
  • Skills :

  • Expert knowledge of Git branching strategies and source control.
  • Troubleshooting across code, config, and environments.
  • Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) advantageous.
  • Knowledge of security practices for deployments and secrets management.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Seq) and infrastructure automation is a plus.
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