Job Description
Job Description:
Our client is a technology company solving payments problems for businesses. Their mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer with our client, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimise their development and deployment processes, improve system reliability, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Owns projects end to end, often across teams.
Design technical solutions that are scalable and maintainable
Designs systems for high availability and fault tolerance.
Builds end to end automation pipelines.
Tackles ambiguous, high risk problems proactively.
Introduces new ideas and simplifies complex systems.
Designs secure systems, manages secrets and implements zero trust models.
Participates in architectural evolution and software development activities.
Help debug and diagnose issues that may arise in an intertwined distributed system environment.
Owns CI/CD architecture, minimises downtime and ensures security
Leads major incident response and postmortems.
Requirements:
5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.
Deep Expertise with a variety of AWS services
Experience with IAC and tools like Terraform, designing reusable modules and enforces standards
Real world experience with Kubernetes at scale
Experience writing scripts and automation using Python, Node.js, Bash, Golang
Experience with networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, etc.
Experience building tooling to reduce occurrences of errors and improve engineering productivity
Experience with CI/CD tooling like ArgoCD, Github Actions, etc.
Experience working with and monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
Ability to clearly articulate, implement and document design decisions
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field might be beneficial but not required
Experience in the fintech industry or with payment processing systems
Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI DSS)
Experience with machine learning and data analytics.
Impeccable problem-solving and analytical abilities
Effective communication and collaboration skills
High agency and the ability to work independently
Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and tools
Benefits:
Competitive salary
Equity compensation
Interest-free loan (up to 30% of salary)
Full medical coverage
MacBook Pro
Hybrid working environment
Work from Home budget
Monthly internet stipend
Monthly well-being stipend
Generous personal leave policy and annual slow days
Fully covered parental leave and sabbatical policies
Smart, kind colleagues who’re invested in your growth
