Senior Devops Administrator at MFS Africa

The Role

• We are seeking a bright, energetic, and motivated Senior DevOps Administrator, who will report to the Tech Director (Infrastructure and Cyber security), to work as a member of the technical team, building the next generation of MFS Africa’s products and services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Install and configure Linux operating systems.
• Manage and monitor network servers.
• Deploy and configure MySQL databases.
• Monitor performance and maintain application systems according to requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages by managing Cloud infrastructure.
• Managing and troubleshooting the VPN connections

Skills and competencies

• Advanced knowledge and experience working with MySQL, and proficiency with Tomcat web server.
• Proficiency in Google cloud and AWS architecture and its VPN configurations
• Proficiency in devOps related activities.
• Bonus: e-commerce, online payments, or banking/card payments experience
• Advanced knowledge in mail, apache, selinux configurations on linux boxes
• Linux server installation and hardening
• Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP networking.
• Advance knowledge in Linux networking and iptables
• Basic Cisco server configuration and troubleshooting

Educational qualification and key skills

• Higher Diploma or BSc Computer Science or a related technical field
• Fluency in English
• Additional languages would be plus i.e., French