Job Description

Prospa is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and businesses. Our mission is to support Africans in building financial prosperity.

About You

• We are seeking a knowledgeable and decisive Senior DevOps Engineer to join Prospa Fintech in our growing Engineering Department.
• The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for driving operational and technical efficiency and quality by remaining up-to-date on the latest technological advancements. The ideal candidate will be an exceptional leader and collaborator, with a passion for developing and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure, and have 6 years minimum experience in DevOps Engineering.
• This role reports directly to the Principal Engineering Manager and there is opportunity for significant growth.

Successful Prospa People exhibit the following: 

• Mission driven
• Independent thinking
• Self motivated
• Humble
• Driven
• High performers

Key Responsibilities

• Design and enhance cloud architecture for optimal performance, security, and usability.
• Implement, maintain, monitor, and support cloud infrastructure.
• Collect and review business and operations requirements to improve overall user experience.
• Collaborate with multiple vendors to create scalable cloud infrastructure and security solutions.
• Work with cross-functional teams to conceptualize, develop, and release software versions.
• Schedule and deploy releases, fixes, patches, and updates as needed.
• Ensure that our environments are secure and protected against security breaches, attacks, and other vulnerabilities.
• Document and maintain configuration management and environment settings.
• Suggest alterations to release workflow to improve efficiency, quality, and success.
• Identify areas for operational optimization based on market gaps and technological advancements.
• Develop and maintain service quality monitoring and systems management solutions.
• Design procedures for system and network troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues by deploying updates and fixes, and provide level 2 support.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks for automatic code deployment (CI/CD).
• Implement automated backup/restore, failover, and load balancing solutions over the cloud.

Requirements

Skills & Qualifications

• Solid understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and Agile Scrum development disciplines.
• Experience with all phases of the software product life cycle, from conception to release and end-of-life.
• Familiarity with Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure, products and its DevOps dashboard console, as well as AWS CloudWatch, Sentry, and SQL database management.
• Strong system administration and scripting skills for Linux infrastructure.
• Experience with version control, release management, and deployment tools such as GitHub/Bit bucket, CI/CD.
• Knowledge of systems and platforms security features and implementing security disciplines.
• Proven familiarity with infrastructure security and code security, source protection methods.
• Demonstrated experience using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and JavaScript.
• Working experience of Terraform on Infrastructure As Code principle, Helm Charts for deployments.

Other Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Scripting Languages: Golang, Python, Java, JavaScript, Perl.
• Amazon Web Services: IAM, EC2, VPC, ELB, ALB, Autoscaling, Lambda.
• Amazon Web Managed Products: EC2, ECS, ECR, SES, Elasticache, RDS, Redshift.
• Infrastructure-As-Code: Terraform (Mandatory).
• Configuration Management: Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform.
• Version Control and Code Storage Platforms: GitHub, BitBucket.
• Containerizing & Clustering: Compose, Docker, Dockerfiles, ECS, Helm, Kubernetes, Nginx, Vagrant.
• CI/CD Implementation: AppVeyor, Circle CI, Drone, GitLab, Jenkins, Mule, Spinnaker, TravisCI.
• Networking Concepts: Firewalls, NAT, Port

Benefits
Here’s Just Some Of Our Prospa Perks:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical cover
• Paid time off (leave days)
• Work tools
• We invest in our employees through career development & opportunities

Method of Application

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click Here

Closing Date : 31 May. 2023