WFS Senior Manager Development and DevOps

Woolworths Financial Services follows a Work -in -Hybrid
work structure which requires employees to work from home for the majority of
their time with some rotation into office.

MAIN PURPOSE:

This would
include but not limited to embedment of standards, quality and best practices,
security, reporting, configuration and build, testing, planning, and deployment
of solutions. The incumbent will be accountable for all aspects of deployment
and technical operations including technical project resources
(partners/subcontractors or staff), scheduling, risk management, internal and
external communication to stakeholders, status reporting, and resource
management. The individual will also be required to set direction for the area
and be responsible for driving operational excellence.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define
  and execute the Development and DevOps vision and strategy aligned to
  broader IT and business goals.
  
• Develop
  long -term roadmaps for team capacity, systems scalability, and platform
  reliability.
  
• Lead
  cross -functional teams with a focus on engineering culture, DevOps
  adoption, and agile maturity.
  
• Serve
  as a key decision -maker for application architecture, tooling, and
  development standards.
  
•  Lead hiring, mentoring, and performance
  management across development and DevOps roles.
  
• Act as a liaison between software
  engineering, QA, operations, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
  
• Collaborate and support the development
  of the digital strategy and plan
  

Software Development Oversight

• Manage full software development
  lifecycle (SDLC) including design, development, code review, testing, release,
  and maintenance.
  
• Oversee engineering quality assurance,
  ensuring coding standards, test coverage, and secure coding practices.
  
• Coordinate with product management and
  stakeholders to ensure timely, on -scope delivery.
  
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and champion
  lean/agile practices (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban).
  
• Be involved in the Lower -Level solution
  design in collaboration with the Solution Architect
  

 DevOps Engineering and Infrastructure

• Oversee CI/CD pipeline development and
  maintenance using tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, Sonarqube,
  Tenable.io, Terraform, QA test framework, etc.
  
• Champion infrastructure as code (IaC)
  practices using Terraform, etc.
  
• Implement and maintain containerization
  and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS)
  
• Lead efforts for observability —
  monitoring, logging, alerting, and APM (e.g., Grafana, ELK, DataDog, etc.)
  
• Collaborate with Information Security to
  embed DevSecOps practices.
  
• Manage public/hybrid cloud platforms
  (AWS, Azure, GCP) for application hosting, deployment, and scaling.
  
• Automate manual operational tasks
  
• Be involved in the Lower -Level solution
  design in collaboration with the Solution Architect
  

• Establish change management controls and
  deployment governance in line with ITIL or equivalent frameworks
  
• Present progress reports, risk
  assessments, and incident post -mortems to senior stakeholders
  
• Ensure appropriate documentation for
  software, environments, and infrastructure.
  
• Maintain audit -readiness and support
  internal and external compliance assessments
  
• Manage costs according to budget, as it
  relates to technology, people and process
  

• Deployment frequency: Time -to -market for new releases
  
• Change failure rate: % of changes that result in service
  incidents
  
• Mean time to recovery (MTTR): Average time to recover from
  incidents
  
• Uptime / SLA adherence: Application availability and
  performance
  
• Automation coverage: % of infrastructure managed as code
  
• Code quality: Test coverage, bug rate, code review
  compliance
  
• Team engagement: Retention, satisfaction, and professional
  growth of team members           
  

Requirements

• Technical Leadership – Able
  to guide deep technical discussions and make strategic trade -offs
  
• People Management – Skilled
  at growing, mentoring, and leading high -performing teams
  
• Strategic Thinking – Aligns
  technical roadmap with business vision
  
• Collaboration – Works
  effectively across cross -functional teams and stakeholders
  
• Problem Solving – Handles
  complex technical and operational issues with a calm, analytical mindset
  
• Resilience & Agility –
  Thrives in fast -paced, change -driven environments
  

TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE

• Languages:
  JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Python, Java, Go, Swift, Kotlin
  
• Frameworks:
  Node.js, .NET Core, Angular, React, Spring Boot
  
• Low -code
  platforms (e.g. OutSystems)
  
• Cloud
  Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP (including deep knowledge of the cloud platforms
  services)
  
• CI/CD:
  Jenkins, Bitbucket pipelines
  
• IaC:
  Terraform
  
• Containers:
  Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
  
• Monitoring:
  Grafana, ELK Stack, DataDog
  
• Version
  Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
  
• Agile
  Tools: Jira, Confluence 
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Computer Science/Information
  Systems/Mathematics/Engineering degree    
  
• AWS/Azure certifications
  

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• 10+ years of software development experience,
  including at least 3–5 years in DevOps
  
• 3 - 5 years technical leadership/management experience
  
• Deep understanding of software architecture patterns
  (microservices, event -driven, monolith -to -modular transition)
  
• 10 years IT experience
  
• 8 Years of solid cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  
• Hands -on experience with:
  

·          CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, BitBucket pipelines)

·          Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

·          Public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

·          Infrastructure -as -Code tools (e.g., Terraform)

·          Strong background in agile delivery and lean product
development, as well as Waterfall, and hybrid of these.

• Experience working in regulated industries (e.g.,
  banking)
  
• Experience in leading Native Mobile application
  development (e.g. iOS, Android, Hybrid)
  

Woolworths Financial Services is a proud South African
brand, who is committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals
will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions.

CLOSING DATE: 25 AUGUST 2025