Latest Vacancies at Sparkle Nigeria

About the Role

• 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
• You have experience with system automation
• You have experience with distributed systems.

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Description

• We are currently seeking a specialist who understands the Card Services business such as debit, credit, ISO 8583. Experience in Java and Linux is required.
• Must have experience supporting, leading, and training in software management use with little or no direction. This would include all aspects such as logical / physical design, defining, implementing, monitoring,and reporting. No matter the challenge, you know you can find a solution and encourage others to think the same.

What are We Looking For

• You must be familiar with ISO8583, Experience working on Transaction Authorization, Settlement. You must have experience with Rest API.
• You should have experience supporting Java based applications within a global production support environment.
• You should have the ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals.
• You should have experience supporting Java based applications within a global production support environment.
• You should have the ability to work outside of normal hours including participating in a changing, rotational on-call schedule including weekends week per business needs.

Do Apply If

• You are active in the technology ecosystem in your city ex: you organize meet ups, speak at conferences and are active on GitHub
• Expert level in Java Programming using Java 8 and above.
• An understand how to develop Enterprise Solutions.
• An understanding of Microservices Architecture.
• Hands on experience using Spring Boot Framework.
• Hands On experience using Ci/CD
• Hands on experience with building cloud solutions.
• Experience using ISO 8583
• Experience using ISO 20022
• Hands on experience with BDD Testing Framework
• Hands on experience with Junit, Mockito, Hamcrest and AssertJ
• Experience in development of Payment Solutions
• Understanding of Domain Driven Architecture.

The Role is Not for you if:

• You’re not open to the pressures of building at a startup
• For this role, we need someone who’s a self-starter and extremely passionate about innovating and building new products in a fast paced -high pressured environment.