Job Description
- Application Deadline:
- Position: DevOps Engineer
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 3 - 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field
About the Role
- The ideal candidate will be responsible for building, managing, and optimizing infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and system reliability, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of digital platforms.
- This role requires someone who is hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in supporting production environments at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Management:
- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and highly available
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
CI/CD & Automation:
- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless code deployment
- Automate build, test, and deployment processes to improve efficiency
- Support engineering teams with release management and environment setup
Monitoring & Reliability:
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Ensure system uptime, performance, and reliability
- Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis
Security & Compliance:
- Enforce security best practices across infrastructure and deployments
- Support compliance requirements, especially in fintech/payment environments
- Manage access controls, secrets, and secure configurations
Collaboration & Support:
- Work closely with engineering, product, and QA teams
- Support developers in optimizing application performance and deployments
- Continuously improve DevOps processes and tooling
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles
- Experience working in fintech, payments, or e-commerce environments
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
- Experience with containers and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Strong understanding of Linux systems and networking basics
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Knowledge of database management and scaling (SQL/NoSQL)
- Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Experience in high-traffic or transaction-heavy environments