Intermediate DevOps Engineer at TechAdvance

Role

• If building infrastructure for hundreds of businesses in Africa excites you, this role is for you.
• We are looking for a  DevOps to own and ensure that our platform and core infrastructure product is safe and secure by design.

Every day, you will …

• Responsible for the tech infrastructure, mostly based on AWS and Digital Ocean
• Administer multiple AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, PostgreSQL, Route 53
• Enable Developers and Operations to build and deploy applications to multiple environments quickly and rapidly with ease.
• Perform end-to-end automation from Continuous Integration (CI) to Continuous Delivery (CD), on AWS and DigitalOcean Cloud Providers
• Develop BASH scripts for various system administrative purposes
• Drive improvements to our build and release scripts, tools, and processes.
• Perform penetration testing, security auditing and best practice implementation across all teams.
• Continuously improve the reliability, stability, and performance of the infrastructure
• Collaborate with the team to define architecture, quality standards, and best practices.
• Automate and streamline our operations and processes for scale.

Requirements
You would be great for this role if you have…

• Experience building, operating and scaling systems on AWS, Digital Ocean
• Experience using container technology and orchestration tools such as Docker, ECS or Kubernetes
• Experience with using and configuring CI/CD pipeline toolsets like CircleCI, GitLab, Jenkins
• Experience with software development testing techniques, including integrating automated testing into a CI/CD pipeline
• Experience using configuration management tools such as Ansible, Packer, and Terraform

What’s in it for you?
Network:

• Grow your network by working with some of the best minds we know. You will also get to work with an amazing team of designers, managers and strategists.

Impact:

• We believe we’re doing impactful work at Bloc—helping founders build FinTech solutions for the African market, indirectly contributing to financial inclusion. You will get first-hand experience contributing to impact-driven work.

Where would you work?

• We have an office in Lagos. However, we currently work remote, though once in a while there might be a need for physical presence.

You shouldn’t take this role if ...

• You need top-down step-by-step directions on how to carry your tasks. You will work in a very fast-paced, quick learning environment. You will work in very high impact areas and collaborating with your team is of utmost importance to drive alignment.
• You find excuses for why you can’t get something done. While we understand that there’s a possibility that your skill level may not be as advanced, “not possible” is not a reply we want to hear.