Kredete is a financial technology platform that helps African immigrants in the diaspora build credit through instant international money transfers to 22+ countries, with low fees. We also offer businesses an API-based infrastructure for secure and low-cost cross-border payments to many African countries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract (Remote)
Role Overview
- We are seeking a seasoned DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and maintain the robust and scalable infrastructure that powers our platform.
- In this pivotal role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, automating processes, optimizing our CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our systems at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Design & Build Infrastructure: Architect, implement, and manage our cloud infrastructure (AWS & GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Master CI/CD Pipelines: Own, optimize, and secure the end-to-end CI/CD pipeline to enable rapid, reliable, and automated software deployments.
- Ensure Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices into the development lifecycle (DevSecOps), managing secrets, performing vulnerability scans, and ensuring infrastructure compliance.
- Collaborate & Automate: Work closely with development teams to foster a DevOps culture, identify bottlenecks, and automate everything from infrastructure provisioning to operational workflows.
- Drive Reliability: Practice incident management and lead post-mortem analyses to create a culture of continuous improvement and system resilience.
- Containerize & Orchestrate: Design and maintain containerized environments using Docker and orchestrate them with Kubernetes for scalable and efficient application deployment.
- Monitor & Optimize Performance: Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to ensure system health and proactively resolve issues.
Qualifications & Experience
- You hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- You have 5-7 years of proven experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar role.
You possess deep, hands-on expertise with:
- Cloud Platforms: Advanced knowledge of AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC) and GCP (Experience with Azure/Azure DevOps will be a plus).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Mastery of Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with Helm charts and the development/management of GitHub applications.
- You have a solid understanding of networking, security principles, and Linux system administration.
- You are an excellent problem-solver with a systematic approach to troubleshooting complex distributed systems.
- You have strong communication skills and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- CI/CD Tools: Expert-level experience in designing and managing pipelines with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD (Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps will be a plus).
- Containerization & Orchestration: Strong proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes, including cluster management and service deployment.
- Scripting & Automation: Fluency in Shell scripting and at least one language like Python or Go.
- Monitoring & Logging: Proven experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or the ELK Stack.
Nice To Have:
- Relevant professional certifications such as AWS & GCP Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, CKAD (Kubernetes), or HashiCorp Terraform Associate.
- Knowledge of database administration and performance tuning for PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
- Experience in a microservices architecture and managing service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
- Background in a software development role, providing a strong understanding of the SDLC.
- Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
What We Offer
- Exceptional talent is rewarded accordingly, and we’re open to negotiation.
- Additional sign-on bonus for if able to pass the technical screen and start immediately.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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