Sparkle Nigeria is a bank and then more, licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), we are what most people would refer to as a digital bank. We offer financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe. At Sparkle, we are building a tribe of like minded people to create a market place that makes it easy to achieve business outcomes.
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Sparkle is looking for a Data Analyst who has an eagle’s eyes for details and a deep understanding of the business.
The data analyst will help extract and manipulate data from various data sources in order to develop data-driven solutions which would help address business problems.
Also, the data analyst will play a key role in the decision-making process of the business.
What You'll be Doing Everyday
Manage internal infrastructure
Promote infrastructure best practices like security, release management, monitoring
Design infrastructure that is resilient, secure and highly available
Facilitate the building and releasing of features by the Technology team
Take part in building a secure and highly available platform
Automate common operations on critical systems in a safe and reliable manner
Build tools and processes that increase the productivity of the Technology team and ensure an efficient release pipeline
Support and collaborate with other Developers building on top of the platform
Share responsibility for strategically scaling Sparkle’s internal systems
Bring vision to the team in the form of new technology recommendations, ideas and approaches.
Do Apply if You Have
You have at least 5 years of software development / DevOps experience
You have a solid foundation in Linux administration and troubleshooting
You have experience with system scripting languages like Bash, Python or Golang
You have experience with Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, ECS, Docker Swarm
You are deeply familiar with concepts like DevOps and Continuous Delivery
You have experience with working with tools like Terraforms, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
You have experience with at least one major cloud provider
You have strong understanding of computer science principles
You have experience working in an agile environment (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc)
You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
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