DevOps Engineer at ipNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services. Our ability to identify, satisfy and exceed today’s market needs is a testament to over a decade of experience, our commitment, drive and passion realized through highly skilled and well seasoned professionals.

As a pioneer and a leading Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) operatorin Nigeria, we currently provide a number of solutions to various industries and market segments using industry-leading technology (such as our very own Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) cable technology) as our core access network infrastructure and fixed wireless radio services (via licensed frequency). We also proffer complementary IT solutions, with a view of covering key commercial and suburban regions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The DevOps Engineer will bridge the gap between software development and IT operations, and to ensure that the development, testing, and deployment of software applications are done in a seamless and efficient manner.
• Also responsible for automating software delivery, managing infrastructure, monitoring performance, and ensuring the overall reliability and security of the software system.
• Their ultimate goal is to enable faster, more frequent and more reliable releases of software products, while maintaining the highest level of quality and security.

Deliverables / KPIs:

• Deliverables Automated deployment and configuration management systems for network devices and servers
• Infrastructure as code templates and scripts
• Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for software applications and network services
• Automated testing, including functional, integration, and performance testing.
• Monitoring and alerting systems for network and server infrastructure, as well as software applications and services
• Incident management processes and procedures
• Documentation on network and server
• configurations, application architecture, and deployment processes
• Collaborative culture and processes between network, system, and software engineers
• KPI Network uptime and availability
• Mean time to resolve incidents
• Mean time between failures
• Speed and frequency of deployments
• Deployment success rate
• Automated test coverage and pass rate
• Infrastructure cost optimization
• Mean time to recovery (MTTR) from incidents or outages

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer or Electronics Engineering, Communications or related field. (2.2 Upper Credit Minimum)
• Minimum of 3 years work experience.
• Strong knowledge of software development processes, methodologies, and tools, as well as IT operations and infrastructure management
• Experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with networking and network protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems
• Knowledge of database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Nagios, Prometheus, and ELK
• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices and tools
• Experience with agile methodologies and collaborative development processes

Application Closing Date
29th May, 2023.