DevOps Engineer at eHealth Systems Africa

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for creating continuous integration and deployment pipelines for a variety of different engagements and technologies. S/he translates software requirements into workable programming code as well as develops and maintains programs for business use.

Keywords: Docker, Linux, Amazon Web Services, Python, JavaScript, CouchDB and PostgreSQL

Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates continuous integration and deployment pipelines for a variety of different technologies
• Collaborates with the product and engineering teams to design, build and maintain efficient tools and frameworks to manage highly performant applications
• Troubleshoots development and production problems across multiple environments
• Develops state-of-the-art monitoring and metrics gathering systems
• Supports users by developing documentation and assistance tools
• Provides thought-leadership relating to emerging technologies and makes recommendations how to integrate them into business operations
• Follows best practices for quality, testability & operability

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field
• Minimum of 4 years practical development or operational experience or equivalent
• Experience leveraging Docker and Vagrant within a local development workflow  
• Experience with deployment of production code leveraging Docker containers
• Background in Python- or Java-based backend services
• Experience using cloud services (AWS preferred) and a variety of open source technologies
• Experience using Git
• Experience and preference for working within an Agile/Scrum environment
• Fluent in English, French is desired