DevOps Engineer at Decagon

Decagon is Nigeria’s leading tech talent accelerator connecting the top 0.5% of software Engineers with global companies looking to scale their engineering teams. Driven by a passion to make Nigeria a Top 10 software Engineering nation within a decade, we recruit and place only the brightest technical talent. Founded in 2018 with a global network of 400+ software Engineers and 120+ partner companies spread across Europe, the USA, and Africa, Decagon is committed to connecting exceptional software Engineers to global companies across our network.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract

Role Summary

• The DevOps Engineer helps increase speed of delivery, improve code quality / security and optimize processes for the development team.
• The DevOps Engineer is responsible for identifying bottlenecks in the development and delivery processes, working with team members to improve them and enhance the overall developer experience.
• He or she is responsible for infrastructure implementation tools such as code and support services in various clouds, along with metrics and access information

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the architect and developers to evaluate existing problems and arrive at process improvement solutions 
• Identify bottlenecks in the coding development and implementation process 
• Participate in the planning of the delivery time, the quality of the code and the improvement of the efficiency of the process 
• Execute the plan by creating coding standards and automating processes for the organization
• Perform daily tasks such as setting up development and production environments, monitoring metrics and reporting incidents
• Develop and maintain knowledge of platform configuration management and troubleshooting 
• Actively participate in the deployment of application devices in appropriate environments through compatible technologies and infrastructures
• Coordinate with developers and technical members of the organization to understand their main weaknesses in the coding and development process
• Working with the rest of the team to provide a coherent and holistic solution to the organization

Skills / Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields.
• 3-4 years of excellent coding and scripting skills and experience in implementing large-scale cloud architectures using modern cloud-based container platforms is highly desirable
• Knowledge in the implementation of automatic infrastructure provisioning solutions is highly desirable (i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Linux OS, SQL, PL SQL, Scripting, Container knowledge
• Nice to have knowledge of cloud infrastructure and management tools for computing components, storage, networking, caching, etc. 
• Network knowledge is nice to have
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies
• Experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer in an agile multifunctional team is preferred
• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align the organization in decisions
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
• Use team collaboration to efficiently create innovative solutions
• Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging/disruptive technologies
• You want to give free rein to the internal self-entrepreneur and work in an environment that encourages entrepreneurial minds 
• Believes in the culture of transparency and trust
• Open to learning new ideas.

Salary / Perks

• N650,000 - N750,000 monthly. 
• Become a crucial part of a fast-growth, dynamic company, and its expansion.
• Competitive pay.
• Great / flexible work culture.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2022.