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

• Azure Architecture & Cloud Design

• · Design secure,

• scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.

• · Lead cloud migration

• initiatives (on-prem / legacy platform → Azure).

• · 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).

• · Configure OAuth2,

• OpenID Connect, Azure AD (Entra ID).

• · 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 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)

Requirements

• Key

• Responsibilities

• Azure

• Architecture & Cloud Design

• Design secure,

• scalable, and high-availability Azure architectures.

• Lead cloud

• migration initiatives (on-prem / legacy platform → Azure).

• 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).

• Configure

• OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Azure AD (Entra ID).

• 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.

• Define

• logging, tracing, and alerting strategies.

• Enable

• proactive anomaly detection and SLA monitoring.

• Technical

• Skills – Mandatory

• 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)

Requirements

• Duration – 1 November 2026 – 31 October 2027
• Work Model – hybrid
• Location: Johannesburg Area (Sandton)
• Travel: Not required**