Discovery Limited Senior Configuration Analyst Jobs in South Africa
Discovery Limited Senior Configuration Analyst Jobs in South Africa
Key PurposeThis role is required to ensure that the necessary configuration management mechanisms are implemented to identify, control and track the consistency of artefacts deployed across multiple runtime instances around the globe.
This includes versions of Infrastructure, Database and Software Configuration.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Implement, design, and integrate multiple configuration sources to ensure alignment of verified versions deployed across environments
Design and implement change process for requesting, approving and applying changes autonomously using ITSM portal
Ensure that all configuration changes are certified and applied via the CICD pipeline.
Identifying and Cataloguing system-wide configuration dependencies and rules across environments
Identify configuration and dependency faults and drive problem resolution
Ensure that configuration metadata such as compute resource, endpoint configuration, DB and messaging configuration is centrally managed and organized
Identify configuration values pertaining to secrets/credentials and work with Architecure team to manage in Hashicorp Vault
Ensure that configuration changes are versioned and certified for deployment
Establish and enforce configuration control gates on the CICD pipeline that are based on security and compliancy requirements
Leverage configuration management tools such as CFengine and Terraform to ensure configuration compliancy
Ensure that binaries, packages and container images versions are verified and supported
Maintain the versioning standard and integrity of build scripts, SFTP scripts and
other automation scripts.
Leverage discovery tools to verify that the configuration provisioned and deployed is correct
Participate in Capacity and Fault tolerant initiatives
Participate in Procurement and Financial Management activities
Personal Attributes and Skills
Required Skills
AWS and Azure Cloud
Strong API intergration Skills
Jenkins
Strong Linux skills
Kubernetes
Ansible
Terraform
Puppet
CFEngine
Advantageous
Docker
Microservices Architectures
Java
Behavioural Competencies
Drives Results
Values Driven
Optimistic
Learns on the Fly
Resilient
Instils Trust
People Savvy
Problem Solver
Manages complexity
Balances Stakeholders
Transparency
Multitasking
Organizational skills
Analytics
Additional Attributes
Strong Ownership qualities
Ability to assess and prioritize
Excellent planning and organizational skills
Able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
A strong passion for customers and technology
Self-motivated, self-thinker and pro-active
Excellent communications skills and good team player
Strong interpersonal skills specifically with the ability to establish and grow relationships with diverse stakeholders
Well-developed conflict handling skills
Willing to learn and develop oneself
Education
Education and Experience
BTech in IT or equivalent
ITIL or CMMI qualification (preferably on configuration management)
Experience
2 to 3 years’ experience in working with configuration as code
Experience in supporting cloud-native enterprises
Experience in designing and implementing a Configuration Management System
Experience in Software Configuration Management
Knowledge
SDLC
ITIL
ServiceNow
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Discovery Limited Senior Configuration Analyst Jobs in South Africa
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