Job Vacancies at TalentUp Africa

Job Description

• In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology.
• You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work
• You will architect, design and develop applications on the AWS platform. You will design and build applications using container and serverless technologies.

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Qualification and Experience

• Bachelors degree 8 + years of software development or application engineering with recent coding experience in two or more modern programing languages such as: Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Swift, Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby.
• 5+ years of experience as a technical specialist in Customer-facing roles.
• Two (2) AWS Certification(s) at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services.
• Demonstrated success as a software developer, application architect, product manager, CTO, or consultant working with various platforms.
• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with configuration management platforms (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible).
• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems.
• Experience working directly with customers, partners or third-party developers.

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Job Description

• In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology. You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work.
• You will work in a customer-facing capacity, including discussions with senior personnel regarding application design including architecture trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation.
• You will be required to gather customer requirements and convert in to application code.

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Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience of Application Development experience including 3+ years of gathering business requirements as input for application design.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional AND the AWS Developer Associate Certification.
• Extensive experience developing, designing and developing applications in an AWS Cloud environment.
• Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (eg. security, privacy, SOX, HIPPA etc.).
• Hands on programming skills in at multiple of the following: Java, .NET (C#), Python, Node.js, Ruby, C/C++, or Scala.
• Experience with software engineering best practices (code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, release and change management).

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Job Description

• In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology. You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work.
• You will help customers learn and use AWS services such as Athena, Glue, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, NoSQL, Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon EMR and Amazon Redshift.
• You will deliver on-site technical engagements with customers. This includes participating in pre-sales on-site visits, understanding customer requirements, creating packaged Data & Analytics service offerings.
• You will work on short on-site projects proving the use of AWS services to support new distributed computing solutions that often span private cloud and public cloud services. Engagements will include migration of existing applications and development of new applications using AWS cloud services.
• You will work with AWS engineering and support teams to convey partner and customer needs and feedback as input to technology roadmaps. Share real world implementations and recommend new capabilities that would simplify adoption and drive greater value from use of AWS cloud services.
• You will engage with the customer’s business and technology stakeholders to create a compelling vision of a data-driven enterprise in their environment

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Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• 8+ years of experience of IT platform implementation in a technical and analytical role
• 5+ years’ experience of Data Lake/Hadoop platform implementation
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in implementation and performance tuning Hadoop/Spark implementations
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional and the AWS Data Analytics or Machine Learning Speciality Certification"
• Experience Apache Hadoop and the Hadoop ecosystem
• Experience with one or more relevant tools (Sqoop, Flume, Kafka, Oozie, Hue, Zookeeper, HCatalog, Solr, Avro)
• Experience with one or more SQL-on-Hadoop technology (Hive, Impala, Spark SQL, Presto)
• Experience developing software code in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, etc)

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Job Description

• In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology. You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work.
• You will employ customer facing skills to represent AWS well within the customer’s environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, standard methodologies, project management and risk mitigation.
• You will work closely with AWS Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customer.
• You will work directly with customers’ business and technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements.
• You will Analyze on-premises database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, or other Commercial DB Engines to Open Source Engines like Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL or RedShift, DynamoDB.
• You will work with customers to migrate their database environments to AWS. This may include, but is not limited to Re-Host database platform on AWS, Upgrade/Optimize for AWS, Re-Factor to open source database platform on AWS.
• You will Consult for optimal design of database environments, analyzing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance.

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Qualification and Experience

• 8+ years of DBA experience in Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial/open source database platforms.
• Must have two (2) active AWS certifications at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services.
• Experience working with high availability, disaster recovery and server tuning strategies including parameters, resources, contention, etc.
• Experience in Shell/Perl/Python Scripting.
• Experience with C-Level/Director level customers in IT/Business to craft their Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategies.
• Relevant Application/Database replatforming experience (Commercial to Open Source Engines)
• Knowledge of replication technologies such as Oracle GoldenGate, Amazon Database Migration Service, or similar.
• Experience with mission critical databases across multiple database platforms.
• Experience in Data Modelling, ETL/ELT workflow management desired & ability to write, tune SQL queries desired.
• Experience in writing procedural language artifacts: PL/SQL, T-SQL, PL/pgSQL, stored procedures.
• Experience in AWS Platforms and Service.
• Experience with Custom/COTS Applications and their implementation/maintenance.
• Experience with TCP/IP Networking.
• Understanding and ability to participate in all phases of the SDLC including requirements gathering, business analysis, configuration management and quality control desired.

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Job Description

• You will perform Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (E.g. shell, Python, Ruby, Powershell).
• You will carry out configuration management using CloudFormation, Chef & Puppet.
• You will lead highly-available and fault-tolerant enterprise and web-scale software deployments.
• You will manage data center operations, including data assurance, monitoring, alerting and notifications.
• You will demonstrate the ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.

Your Profile

Qualification and Experience

• BA/BS degree or 5+ years of professional or military experience.
• 5+ years of IT implementation experience.
• Two (2) active AWS Certification(s) at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services and 1 AWS certification in-progress with expected completion in 1 month.
• Knowledge of the primary AWS services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53 & S3).
• Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies.
• Experience with integration of cloud services with on-premise technologies from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP etc.
• Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (eg. security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA etc.)
• Large-scale migration experience Data Center to Data Center and/or Data Center to Cloud.
• Scripting and/or coding skills (Examples include but are not limited to: Java (OR) Python (OR) CloudFormation (OR) Terraform (OR) Powershell (OR) Bash
• Strong practical Linux and Windows-based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment.

Nice to have

• Experience facilitating discussions with senior leadership regarding technical/architectural trade-offs, best practices, and risk mitigation.
• Strong track record of implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing environments.
• Direct hands-on experience leading the design, development and deployment of business software at scale or recent hands-on technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization experience.

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Job Description

• In this role, you will be required to carry out architecting, designing and programming of applications in an AWS Cloud environment. You will design and build applications using Container and serverless technologies. You will architect highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability.

Your Profile

Qualification and Experience

• BS level technical degree or 5+ years equivalent professional or military experience
• 5+ years of software development or application engineering with recent coding experience in two or more modern programing languages such as: Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Swift, Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby
• Two (2) AWS Certification(s) at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services and 1 AWS certification in-progress with expected completion in 1 month.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies
• Experience with designing and building application using AWS services such as Lambda, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Kubernetes
• Experience with configuration management platforms (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible)
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. Powershell, Python, Bash, Ruby, Go, etc.)
• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems

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Job Description

• As an associate cloud infrastructure architect, you will perform Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (E.g. shell, Python, Ruby, Powershell). You will carry out configuration management using Cloud Formation, Chef, & Puppet. You will be required to demonstrate the ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.

Your Profile

Qualification and Experience

• 1 or more years of IT implementation experience.
• BS-level technical degree or equivalent experience.
• Computer Science or Math background preferred.
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies is required.
• Programming in one or more object-oriented languages like Java/python/C#/Ruby/Objective C/C++.
• Must have Two (2) active AWS Certification(s) at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services.
• Knowledge of the primary AWS services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, & S3).
• Have strong practical Linux and Windows-based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment.

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Job Description

• In this role you will build scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems for commercial online services. You will develop cloud software services and demonstrate an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.

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Qualification and Experience

• 1 or more years of IT implementation experience.
• BS level technical degree or equivalent experience.
• Computer Science or Math background preferred.
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies is required.
• Programming in one or more object-oriented languages like Java/Python/C#/Ruby/Objective C/C++.
• Must have two (2) AWS Certification(s) at the associate, professional or speciality certification offered by Amazon Web Services
• Knowledge of the primary AWS services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53 & S3).
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive

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Job Description

• In this role, you will design and develop applications in an AWS Cloud environment.
• You will perform Integration of AWS cloud services with on premise technologies from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP etc. You will be required to develop and execute unit tests.

Your Profile

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience of Application Development preferably in Java
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional and the AWS Developer Associate Certification
• Hands on programming skills in at least one of the following: Java, .NET (C#), Python, Node.js, Ruby, C/C++, or Scala;
• Experience with designing and building applications using AWS services such as EC2, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS OpsWorks;
• Experience with unit or automated testing tools (e.g. Junit, TestNG);
• Hands on familiarity with CloudFormation, Terraform;
• Experience with code repositories (GitHub), code branching and code deployment;
• Experience with configuration management platforms (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible);

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Job Description

• In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology.
• You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work.
• You will act as a leader with extensive automation and programming experience throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). You will service and develop capabilities across multiple teams or organizations. You have strong presentation, verbal communication and written communication skills.

Your Profile

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience as a technical specialist.
• Must have two (2) active AWS certification, AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional and the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Certification.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience of programming in languages such as Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language.
• Experience with architecting and automating cloud native technologies, deploying applications, and provisioning infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, using CloudFormation, Terraform, or other tools.
• Experience architecting cloud native CI/CD workflows and tools, such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Code Deploy (AWS) and/or GitLab.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology

Nice to have

• Experience with Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production environments.
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewall.
• Experience with monitoring and log aggregating frameworks such as Kafka, Logstash, Splunk, ElastiSearch, and Kibana.
• Experience implementing and designing cloud native security concepts, DevSecOps or MLOps.

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Job Summary

• We are seeking a visionary Marketing Manager to spearhead our marketing department and elevate our brand's global presence. This role demands a leader with a blend of creativity and analytical prowess, capable of crafting and implementing comprehensive marketing strategies that resonate with our target audiences and align with our business goals.
• The Marketing Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping our brand's narrative, driving international customer and candidate engagement, and growing our market share. Collaborating closely with the business development, recruitment, technology, and executive teams, this individual will build and grow a dynamic marketing team to propel TUA's growth and success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a cohesive marketing plan targeting talents (within Africa) and clients (in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe) to increase brand awareness and market penetration.
• Oversee the creation of marketing materials and content, ensuring consistency with our brand voice and objectives.
• Manage and optimize digital marketing campaigns across SEO, SEM, email marketing, social media, and other online channels to drive lead generation, customer and candidate acquisition.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, adjust marketing strategies accordingly, and capitalize on market opportunities.
• Collaborate with the executive team to ensure marketing strategies align with company goals and milestones.
• Manage the marketing budget, allocate resources efficiently, and measure ROI on marketing initiatives.
• Hire, lead, and mentor the marketing team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field is required. Master's degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience in marketing, with 3+ years in a managerial or leadership role within a fast-paced, growth-oriented organization.
• Proven track record in developing and executing successful marketing strategies in the tech or recruitment industry, demonstrating strong ROI, having marketed to business clients in the US, UK and Canada.
• Extensive experience with digital marketing tools and platforms, including SEO/SEM, content marketing, social media, and email marketing.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in market research, customer behavior analysis, and marketing metrics.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Proficient in interpreting data and translating insights into actionable marketing strategies.
• Creativity and innovation in developing marketing strategies and campaigns that engage and resonate with diverse audiences.
• Agile and adaptive to changing market dynamics, with the ability to pivot strategies quickly as needed.
• Proficient in leveraging digital marketing tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact.
• Commitment to excellence, with a meticulous attention to detail and a focus on delivering high-quality work.
• Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset, with a relentless drive to pursue new opportunities and overcome challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a marketing team to achieve excellence.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in international markets and cross-cultural marketing strategies would be a strong asset.
• Familiarity with CRM and CMS software, Google Analytics, and AdWords.

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Job Summary

• We are seeking a driven and experienced Finance Manager to join our growing team. This individual will play a critical role in supporting the company's financial operations, ensuring compliance, and implementing strategic initiatives as we scale.
• They will be experienced in working with global teams and navigating international business complexities and will have ownership of financial and management accounts, forecasting and planning and all internal and external reporting. They will be familiar with relevant compliance requirements for specific countries (e.g., Nigeria, Barbados, Kenya, USA). They will use project management experience and knowledge to implement and manage new systems and processes.

Responsibilities

International Payroll and Payroll Systems:

• Develop and implement a robust system for processing payroll and international payments efficiently, including USD payments to countries like Nigeria, Barbados, Kenya, etc.
• Ensure smooth onboarding of employees and contractors by gathering necessary documentation and managing tax, compliance, and statutory payments.
• Partner with external providers (e.g., EORs, banks) to establish efficient payment and payroll processes for international employees and contractors.

Financial Operations and Reporting

• Oversee all aspects of bookkeeping, including international payroll, general ledger maintenance, accounts payable and receivable management, and bank reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial statements, including annual tax returns, expense reports, balance sheets, and income statements.
• Develop and manage departmental/team budgets, providing regular reports and variance analyses.
• Conduct regular reviews of internal controls and ensure adherence to accounting standards and regulations.

Strategic Initiatives

• Analyze financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and potential risks.
• Support the development and implementation of financial strategies and initiatives aligned with the company's overall goals.
• Identify and recommend areas for cost optimization and process improvement.
• Stay informed of current trends in international finance, tax regulations, and compliance requirements.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Collaborate effectively with other departments (e.g. Legal, Operations, Marketing) to ensure alignment and support business objectives.
• Communicate financial information clearly and concisely to all levels of management.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field with a minimum of 7 years overall experience (4+ in senior role), Master’s degree in business related field (MBA) strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in international payments, payroll processing, and foreign exchange transactions (Knowledge of crypto payments is a plus).
• Strong understanding of international accounting principles, financial reporting standards and relevant tax regulations.
• Experience with accounting software and payroll systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively at all levels.
• Relevant certifications (ICAN, ACCA, etc.) are nice to have.

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Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related degree
• Agile/Scrum/Project Manager: 3+ years
• Direct management experience of a team of at least 4+ software professionals
• Experience organizing and leading cross-functional technical projects (clarifying requirements, resolving conflicts, defining roadmap, driving progress)
• Experience in assisting with and/or developing work plans for software teams
• Experience working in both greenfield and brownfield environments
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or similar project management systems
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies and common design patterns

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced leader to join us as a Product Manager to help grow our existing engineering team and achieve our product and technology roadmaps. The ideal candidate is a well-organized leader with a track record of delivery. This is an engineering operational position that will require working alongside the business development, marketing, and executive teams to lead a team of software engineers at a growth stage company.
• The Product Manager will be required to demonstrate strong leadership skills to establish structure and improve efficiency within the development team. The Product Manager will leverage their experience to build high-quality, process and structure solutions that adhere to our company goals and guidelines. The Product Manager will provide project planning and manage the delivery of large scale, complex technical initiatives. He/She will act as a liaison between our infrastructure and software engineering teams to ensure that critical path items are well understood and prioritized, and specific tasks are well coordinated. The Product Manager will use organizational, project management, and communication skills to connect dots, provide insights and lead initiatives to on-time and on-budget completion.

Essential Functions

• Create Product Requirement Document (PRD) for new or existing solutions
• Review and recommend solutions to processes and business products
• Communicate reports about product backlogs, change management and performance to the team
• Maintain and manage the product backlogs
• Engage closely with the engineering team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable implementation schedule
• Work with UI/UX designers to convert RDs into UI components that programmers can easily understand
• Conduct user and market research where required, as part of product discovery
• Responsible for Product Quality Assurance
• Research and benchmark of products built against world-class counterparts
• Establish product success targets including ROI before implementation, and lead the delta analysis after go-live
• Effectively establish project cost and schedule baselines, and create, manage, and report metrics to this baseline on a cyclical rhythm
• Own planning, standups, demos, retrospectives, and the execution of your sprints
• Ensure your systems self-report breaches and understand root cause
• Responsible for conducting various tests and quality assurance checks to verify the quality of completed projects

Critical Success Factors

• Strong interpersonal and soft skills to establish effective cross-functional working relationships to drive issue resolution and problem-solving
• Ability to thrive in a fluid environment where priorities shift week-to week and in some cases day-to-day
• Enjoy working with a team and sharing knowledge to improve processes and efficiency
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• Experience working in an Agile framework to deliver continuous improvement
• Experience building software from the ground up and all phases of the SDLC successfully: based on client satisfaction and software performance, stability, scalability, and extensibility
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Great organization and time management capability for overseeing multiple tasks and prioritizing as needed
• Proactively recognize needs and take the initiative to share thoughts and possible solutions
• Demonstrable ability to think broadly about business, customer, and system impact