DevOps Engineer at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc - NIBSS

Key Responsibilities

• Automate processes in the software development value chain
• Utilizing development pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, or other tools as appropriate.
• Working with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting and automating system tasks to reduce manual repetitive work.
• Ensuring the appropriate transition of system changes into the production environments. (i.e. builds, approvals, release)
• Assist with the introduction of new technologies and related tools to grow our agile development environment
• Collaborate with developers to make sure new environments meet requirements and conform to best practices
• Ensure that code quality tools are run on all software prior to release.
• Continuous improvement of Software Delivery Life Cycle process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related quantitative discipline at least a 2.1
• Must have 1-2-years of Software Development Experience (preferably in an enterprise environment).
• Must have 1-2-years DevOps Engineering Experience

Skills & Competencies:

• Working Knowledge of GitHub.
• Working knowledge of Project Management tools and Documentation, preferably JIRA and Confluence
• Understanding of at least one core backend language between C# and Java as well as Node JS and JavaScript
• Expertise in working with Git, Ansible, Kong API Gateway and Jenkins
• Worked with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Proficient in scripting with Shell / Bash / Python •
• Exposure to working with web servers and load balancers
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP, Nutanix)
• Experience with infrastructure automation tooling (AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with Windows Operating System and Linux
• Virtualization - VMware / Hyper-V
• Attention to details
• Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills.