DevOps Engineer at Elenasy

Elenasy is a goal aimed at building a continuous flow of highly skilled individuals in the technical field. This effort is aimed at attracting, cultivating and developing top talent to ensure a pipeline of competent professionals, driving the growth and success of the organization.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Duties

• We're looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer (6-8 years’ experience) to join our dynamic team.
• You'll play a crucial role in ensuring the scalability and reliability of our SaaS platform, managing servers across regions and providers.
• Your focus will be on enhancing collaboration among engineering, product, security, and operations teams, streamlining software delivery processes.
• Through implementing DevOps best practices and leveraging data analysis, you'll refine processes for improved efficiency, cost optimization, and enhanced reliability in software delivery. 

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of infrastructure components across diverse servers and cloud providers, adhering to the company best practices for security, reliability, and performance.
• Strategize and implement server management approaches across different regions, ensuring optimal performance and redundancy.
• Proactively monitor server health and address issues related to resource utilization.
• Develop and implement SaaS cost modeling strategies, ensuring optimal resource allocation.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining high performance and reliability standards.
• Spearhead the implementation and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle.
• Automate testing, deployment, and rollback processes in alignment with company efficiency standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish metrics aligned with customer-centric goals, employing the company "Working Backwards" approach.
• Utilize SMART metrics to measure the impact of DevOps initiatives on customer experience and platform performance.
• Serve as a bar raiser in the hiring process, ensuring that new hires meet or exceed the performance standards set by the company.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of hiring processes, incorporating effective technical assessments and interviews.

KPIs (tied to)

• Output Metrics
• Deployment frequency and success rate
• Incident rate
• Compliance and security metrics
• Time to recovery.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or any IT-related field.
• 6 - 8 years relevant work experience.
• Experience working in a Fintech or marketplace environment.
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles.
• Extensive experience in managing infrastructure on multiple cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong expertise in automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes).
• Proven experience in implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of Spinnaker is a plus.
• Excellent understanding of Ruby, Python, Perl, and Java.
• Configuration and management of databases such as MySQL and Mongo.
• Working knowledge of Linux-based infrastructure.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrated experience in SaaS cost modeling, resource allocation, and optimization.
• Ability to analyze cost implications of infrastructure and architecture decisions.
• Experience defining and implementing performance metrics aligned with customer satisfaction and business goals.
• Utilize SMART metrics to measure the success and impact of DevOps initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated on industry trends.
• Willingness to share knowledge and mentor team members.
• Demonstrated ability to raise the bar in technical excellence and team collaboration.
• Proven track record of contributing to a high-performance work culture.
• Cross-Functional Team(s):
• Engineering, PMO.

Soft Skills:

• Communication Skills
• Problem Solving
• Emotional intelligence
• Teamwork & Collaboration.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Hybrid work schedule
• Annual paid time off
• Annual performance bonus
• Training and development opportunities
• Subsidized Transportation
• Employee Stock Option.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.