• Application Deadline:
• Position: DevOps Manager



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 8 - 12 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  
  

Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute the DevOps strategy and roadmap for the enterprise.


• Champion a DevSecOps culture, embedding security and compliance into every stage of the SDLC.


• Partner with engineering managers, architects, and product leaders to improve delivery velocity, resilience, and platform reliability.


• Lead modernization initiatives such as cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code.

Platform & Delivery Enablement

• Own and manage CI/CD pipelines, build/release processes, and automation frameworks.


• Ensure observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks are in place for all applications and services.


• Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).


• Oversee the deployment and scaling of systems across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.


• Manage platform reliability practices (SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs/SLAs).

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure DevOps practices comply with security, regulatory, and data protection standards.


• Implement disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response frameworks.


• Govern access management, secrets management, and secure configuration management.


• Align DevOps operations with enterprise ITIL and GRC frameworks.

Leadership & People Development

• Lead, coach, and mentor DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs), and automation specialists.


• Foster a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.


• Develop career pathways and succession planning for DevOps talent.


• Encourage knowledge sharing, cross-training, and innovation across DevOps teams.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and security managers to deliver end-to-end platform reliability.


• Manage relationships with cloud providers, DevOps tooling vendors, and third-party partners.


• Represent DevOps in architecture boards, engineering forums, and executive updates.


• Drive cost optimization and value realization from cloud and DevOps investments.

Qualifications

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (mandatory).


• Postgraduate qualification (MBA, MSc in IT/Engineering) – advantageous.


• Professional Certifications (preferred/required): AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer; Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD); Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef); Security/Compliance certifications (CISSP, CISM, cloud security); Agile/SAFe certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner).

Experience

• 8–12 years’ experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or infrastructure roles, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership capacity.


• Proven experience building and scaling DevOps practices in enterprise or fintech environments.


• Hands-on expertise with CI/CD, automation, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and monitoring tools.


• Strong background in cloud-native architectures and hybrid cloud platforms.


• Experience implementing SRE practices, observability, and incident response frameworks.


• Familiarity with regulated industries (banking, fintech, telecom, healthcare) preferred.

Core Skills & Competencies

• Deep expertise in DevOps tools, cloud infrastructure, and automation practices.


• Strong leadership and people management skills, with a proven ability to grow high-performing DevOps teams.


• Excellent knowledge of security, compliance, and governance in DevOps.


• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.


• Ability to balance innovation, speed-to-market, and operational stability.