DevOps Engineer

at Decagon
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted August 16, 2022
Category Engineering
IT / Information Technology
Job Type Full-time
Currency TZS

Description

About the job

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 of software engineers.

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.

The Role

  • 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

Ideal Profile

  • 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

What's on Offer?

  • Work within a company with a solid track record of success
  • Join a well known brand within Retail Banking
  • Excellent career development opportunities