Release and DevOps Specialist

SUMMARY:
Take ownership of release management and CI/CD pipelines at a leading player in South Africa’s long-term insurance market! Join as a Release & DevOps Specialist and be the driving force behind smooth, reliable, and automated software delivery.

POSITION INFO:
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.

What’s in it for you?
You’ll 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.

• Relevant IT qualification or equivalent practical 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.

• 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.