DevOps Engineer at a Fast-growing Fintech / E-commerce Organization - Strivo Labs

Strivo Labs - Our client, a fast-growing organization within the fintech/e-commerce space, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time, Hybrid

About the Role

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for building, managing, and optimizing infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and system reliability, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of digital platforms.
• This role requires someone who is hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in supporting production environments at scale.

Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Management:

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and highly available
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation

CI/CD & Automation:

• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless code deployment
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes to improve efficiency
• Support engineering teams with release management and environment setup

Monitoring & Reliability:

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Ensure system uptime, performance, and reliability
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce security best practices across infrastructure and deployments
• Support compliance requirements, especially in fintech/payment environments
• Manage access controls, secrets, and secure configurations

Collaboration & Support:

• Work closely with engineering, product, and QA teams
• Support developers in optimizing application performance and deployments
• Continuously improve DevOps processes and tooling

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles
• Experience working in fintech, payments, or e-commerce environments
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Strong understanding of Linux systems and networking basics

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with microservices and distributed systems
• Knowledge of database management and scaling (SQL/NoSQL)
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Experience in high-traffic or transaction-heavy environments

What Success Looks Like:

• Reliable, secure, and highly available production systems
• Efficient and automated deployment pipelines
• Reduced downtime and improved system performance
• Strong collaboration between DevOps and engineering teams

Salary
N500,000 – N700,000 monthly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online