• Application Deadline: Mon, 1 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: DevOps Engineering Lead (Africa)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Provide DevOps and Cloud engineering support to the Africa digital transformation team 


• Leverage local and global KPMG artefacts, SMEs, and other network assets to shape a compelling and pragmatic strategy


• Leverage regional alliances with technology partners (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, AWS, Google, etc) to drive proactive leads generation, joint pitch, pipeline management and conversions where required


• Manage, coach and grow the DevOps and Cloud engineering team


• Lead key business development activities for advisory products including targeting key C- level clients, proposing services and closing opportunities


• Ensure service teams are buoyant and properly resourced 


• Build strong relationships with CTOs and be the trusted Cloud and DevOps advisor


• Ensure all teams are complying with both client and firm regulatory and security controls and can feed these ways of working back to the community

Client Impact

• Work with clients to architect products, platforms and solutions that are performant, scalable and extensible


• Provide subject matter expertise to clients across Africa on cloud-related subjects


• Develop and implement effective cloud strategies for clients across Africa


• Drive business growth across Africa through new business development and expansion of existing client accounts


• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure we provide clients with the latest and most effective solutions


• Work closely with clients to understand business needs and develop tailored solutions


• Develop practice through thought leadership and training

Finance

• Deliver on targets and goals (including sales goals)


• Provide annual budget input for the area of responsibility for approval and integration into service line/ growth area budget


• Manage the annual budget, including costs for designated area 

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or any other relevant field


• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in infrastructure, cloud, and DevOps engineering roles with demonstratable knowledge of cloud technologies


• Well-grounded experience leading and delivering large software, infrastructure, and cloud transformational projects


• Expertise in the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure and services.


• Extensive hands-on experience with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and/or GCP


• Proven experience in software development or scripting languages such as Python/Go/PowerShell/Nodejs/C# or equivalent


• Solid CI/CD pipelining skills and experience using any of Octopus/TeamCity/Jenkins/Azure DevOps or equivalent


• Proven experience on performance tuning, troubleshooting and resolution of issues that may arise in production


• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems


• Automate the provisioning, scaling, and management of cloud resources using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation


• Deep experience with Container orchestration tools, such as Kubernetes or Docker swarm


• Pre-sales experience with OEMs or consulting experience will be an added advantage


• Being a self-starter and able to work independently including across multiple priorities and complex matrixed roles and responsibilities 


• Confident, tactful and able to effectively influence others and deal effectively with senior leaders


• Critical thinking, presentation and analytical skills will be an advantage


• Strong communicator, including listening skills with an ability to translate insights across business and technology teams and to develop and present new ideas and conceptualize new approaches and solutions


• Strong team and work ethic, comfortable with ambiguity, change and challenge


• Extensive experience managing large or multiple teams of engineers 


• Ability to have deep technical level discussions with engineers, to explain the business benefits of a range of technologies to non-technical partners and clients 


• Have a keen eye for opportunity


• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship skills at C-suite level both internally and client facing


• Ability to operate in a highly context switching environment for not only different clients but different business sectors and different technologies


• Product focused, build once and reuse


• Take responsibility for own code


• Proven experience working in an agile environment


• Ability to empower teams to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal input


• Be the Cloud and DevOps advocate to a wider audience inside and outside of the business


• Curiosity - Bring fresh ideas to the team and wider firm