Head of DevOps at Hydrogen Payment Services Company Limited

Hydrogen is a leading African fintech powering secure, seamless payment experiences across local and international markets. As a certified PSSP and PTSP, we deliver innovative payment solutions that help businesses grow. Guided by Excellence, Service, Integrity, and Innovation, we’re building the world’s most respected African payment services network.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of DevOps

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

• We are seeking a highly experienced Head of DevOps to lead our cloud and DevOps strategy in a fast-paced fintech environment specializing in POS, Payment Gateway, Instant Payments, Cards, Switching, DCS, APIs Integration, and other payment solutions.
• This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices on the Azure platform to ensure high availability, scalability, security, and efficiency in our digital payment services

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the cloud and DevOps strategy in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead the DevOps team in designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments
• Manage cloud cost optimization and resource utilization on Azure.
• Implement containerization technologies and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Azure Kubernetes Service - AKS).
• Ensure compliance with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and other financial security standards.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption to embed security into all DevOps processes.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, or Pulumi.

Key Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or related roles.
• Experience leading teams.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernets,Terraform, Ansible and CI/CD tools
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code ( Terraform, ARM Templates, Pulumi, Ansible).
• Experience in payment systems, financial services, or fintech is highly preferred.

Tools & Technologies:

• Azure DevOps for Version Control System (VCS) and CI/CD pipelines building.
• Argo CD/UI for deployments.
• Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Docker for containerization.
• Microsoft Azure Services/Native Tools.
• Kafka (Confluent Kafka).
• Python and Bash scripting.
• Git Technologies.
• Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus for Monitoring.

Application Closing Date
9th January, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: Careers@hydrogenpay.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.