Overview

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.

Job Position: DevOps Engineer

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

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

Job Responsibilities

  1. 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.
  2. Strategize and implement server management approaches across different regions, ensuring optimal performance and redundancy.
  3. Proactively monitor server health and address issues related to resource utilization.
  4. Develop and implement SaaS cost modeling strategies, ensuring optimal resource allocation.
  5. Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining high performance and reliability standards.
  6. Spearhead the implementation and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle.
  7. Automate testing, deployment, and rollback processes in alignment with company efficiency standards.
  8. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish metrics aligned with customer-centric goals, employing the company “Working Backwards” approach.
  9. Utilize SMART metrics to measure the impact of DevOps initiatives on customer experience and platform performance.
  10. Serve as a bar raiser in the hiring process, ensuring that new hires meet or exceed the performance standards set by the company.
  11. Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of hiring processes, incorporating effective technical assessments and interviews.

KPIs (tied to)

  1. Output Metrics
  2. Deployment frequency and success rate
  3. Incident rate
  4. Compliance and security metrics
  5. 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:

  1. Communication Skills
  2. Problem Solving
  3. Emotional intelligence
  4. Teamwork & Collaboration.

Benefits

  1. Comprehensive health insurance
  2. Hybrid work schedule
  3. Annual paid time off
  4. Annual performance bonus
  5. Training and development opportunities
  6. Subsidized Transportation
  7. Employee Stock Option.

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

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