datatrota
Signup Login
Home Jobs Blog

Senior DevOps Engineer at Leadway Assurance Company

Leadway Assurance CompanyLagos, Nigeria Software Development
Full Time
Leadway Assurance Company Limited was founded in 1970. Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, (KJW, D.Sc., FCIIN).It has a chequered history of being a company with close attention to relationships, having started operations as a direct motor insurance company. Soon the relationship developed to a stage where it has established a deep relationship with the brokers’ network in Nigeria, enjoying 80% of its current business from this source. The pivotal point at Leadway is "the customer” and the company has enjoyed a steady growth in its commitment to providing integrated insurance and financial services to its numerous customers. The Company’s remarkable success has been possible because of its sound professional and business standards backed by the uncompromising level of integrity of its Directors. An uncompromising level of integrity of service is a tradition imbibed at LEADWAY and instilled by its late founder, Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, KJW, D.Sc, FCIIN (1926-1999). As an astute and honest businessman the founding Managing Director and later Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sir Odukale nurtured the Company to an enviable position in the Nigerian insurance industry. His vision of dedicated service to all customers remains a guiding principle that shapes the policies of the company. LEADWAY is a private company with 42 shareholders, 14 of which are corporate investors, and 2 Trust Corporations.

Role Overview

  • We are a leading insurance organization developing next-generation line of business applications for General, Life and Health Insurance.
  • As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting and managing the continuous integration and deployment pipelines for a multi-tenant, cloud-native insurance SaaS solution in Azure.
  • Emphasis is on infrastructure as code, high availability (multi-region), disaster recovery, and compliance with industry regulations.

Key Responsibilities

  • CI/CD Pipeline Ownership: Create and maintain robust pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, automating builds, tests, and deployments.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Implement Azure infrastructure with Terraform, ARM templates, or similar, enabling multi-region failover and high availability.
  • Security & Compliance Support: Work with the security team to ensure alignment with NDPR, NIST, and IFRS 17 requirements for auditing and logging.
  • System Monitoring & Reliability: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting (e.g., Azure Monitor, Splunk) for performance and incident response.
  • Performance Optimization: Continuously enhance deployment speed, reduce downtime, and improve overall platform resiliency.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) are a strong plus.

Experience

  • 5+ years in enterprise DevOps roles with proven success on cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
  • Hands-on expertise with Azure services, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code tools.

Other Skills & Competencies

  • Excellent automation and scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Strong collaborative mindset, working closely with developers and QA.
  • Ability to manage on-site environment demands and coordinate with multiple scrum

Method of Application

Signup to view application details. Signup Now
X

Send this job to a friend