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  • IpNX Nigeria Limited logo

    DevOps Engineer

    IpNX Nigeria LimitedLagos, Nigeria02 December

    ipNX Nigeria Limited is a leading provider of infrastructure-based Telecommunications and Information Technology services here in Nigeria. Leveraging more than ...

    Onsite
  • eHealth4everyone logo

    DevOps Engineer / Linux Administrator

    eHealth4everyoneAbuja, Oyo, Nigeria02 December

    eHealth4everyone is a leading digital health social enterprise dedicated to making the world healthier. We are a new kind of mission-driven organization with ...

    Onsite
  • Sankore Global logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Sankore GlobalLagos, Nigeria29 November

    Sankore Investments is a global investment and advisory boutique with a strong focus on African markets. Drawing on the strengths of our people and our strong ...

    Onsite
  • Tek Experts logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Tek ExpertsLagos, Nigeria28 November

    Tek Experts provides the services of a uniquely passionate and expert workforce that takes intense pride in helping companies manage their business operations. ...

    Onsite
  • Mkobo Microfinance Bank Limited (Mkobobank) logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Mkobo Microfinance Ba..Lagos, Nigeria27 November

    MKOBO Microfinance Bank Limited is a fully licensed MFB by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). MKOBO was conceived to help solve consumers’ need for ...

    Onsite
  • Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Western Development C..Lagos, Nigeria27 November

    Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) is an independent limited liability company, established in Nigeria for over 13 years ago. WDCL is the sole ...

    Onsite
  • Filmmakers Mart logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Filmmakers MartNigeria26 November

    Imagine a world where African creatives, entertainment businesses, and global entertainment giants working in Africa no longer face the frustration of ...

    Remote
  • Huiospay logo

    System DevOps Engineer

    HuiospayAbuja, Nigeria21 November

    HuiosPay was born out of a desire to streamline online and offline payment services closely allied with the emphasis on excellent customer service, provided by ...

    Onsite
  • Credit Direct Limited logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Credit Direct LimitedLagos, Nigeria18 November

    Credit Direct Limited is a non-bank finance company with its Head-Quarters in Lagos, Nigeria. The company was established in 2006 and is focused on providing ...

    Onsite
  • Transnet logo

    AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

    TransnetAbuja, Nigeria18 November

    Transnet is a dynamic cloud-based technology company headquartered in Nigeria, specializing in providing innovative cloud solutions to help businesses optimize ...

    Onsite
  • Transnet logo

    AWS DevOps Engineer

    TransnetAbuja, Nigeria18 November

    Transnet is a dynamic cloud-based technology company headquartered in Nigeria, specializing in providing innovative cloud solutions to help businesses optimize ...

    Onsite
  • Darey.io logo

    Senior Azure DevOps Engineer

    Darey.ioNigeria13 November

    Darey.io is a social learning platform where you can learn DevOps amongst peers and mentors, and gain practical experience across multiple real-world use ...

    Remote
  • Conclase Consulting logo

    DevOps Engineer Tutor

    Conclase ConsultingLagos, Nigeria12 November

    At Conclase Consulting, we provide top notch IT solutions and support services to help you transform your business into an Intelligent Enterprise, redefine the ...

    Onsite
  • Fourcore Integrated Services logo

    DevOps Engineer

    Fourcore Integrated S..Abuja, Nigeria07 November

    Fourcore is driven by a vision to reform the public sector through energizing key economic sectors and translating policies to service using technology ...

    Onsite
  • InterSwitch logo

    DevOps Engineer

    InterSwitchLagos, Nigeria05 November

    Interswitch Limited is an integrated payment and transaction processing company that provides technology integration, advisory services, transaction processing ...

    Hybrid
  • InterSwitch logo

    DevOps Engineer

    InterSwitchLagos, Nigeria05 November

    Interswitch Limited is an integrated payment and transaction processing company that provides technology integration, advisory services, transaction processing ...

    Hybrid

Who is a DevOps engineer?

A DevOps engineer is responsible for the smooth operation of a company's IT infrastructure. They work with developers to deploy and manage code changes, and with operations staff to ensure that systems are up and running smoothly. A DevOps engineer introduces processes, tools, and methodologies to balance needs throughout the software development life cycle, from coding and deployment to maintenance and updates.

What are the responsibilities of a DevOps engineer? 

  • Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs

  • Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure

  • Planning the team structure, activities, and involvement in project management activities.

  • Managing stakeholders and external interfaces

  • Setting up tools and required infrastructure

  • Defining and setting development, testing, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation

  • Have the technical skills to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.

  • Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs

  • Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing the wastage

  • Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible

  • Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management

  • Incidence management and root cause analysis

  • Coordination and communication within the team and with customers

  • Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools

  • Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)

  • Mentoring and guiding the team members

  • Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs

  • Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer

Skills of a DevOps engineer

  • A comprehensive background in OS administration, such as Linux and Windows;

  • Strong experience with a range of automation and configuration management tools such as traditional scripts, as well as more specific tools such as Puppet and Chef;

  • A clear understanding of coding and scripting with common languages, such as PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby;

  • Knowledge of at least one major coding language, such as C++ or Java;

  • The ability to identify, assess and integrate various open-source technologies and cloud services;

  • A strong IT hardware and operations background with hands-on expertise in servers, storage and network device installation, provisioning and monitoring. This is usually supplemented with a knowledge of IT best practices for fault-tolerant, high-availability operations;

  • Supportive and collaborative management abilities in a team environment, as well as proven customer-facing management skills;

  • Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies, such as VMware vSphere for VMs, as well as expertise with container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes;

  • Proven experience with CI/CD tools, such as Microsoft GitHub, Atlassian Jira and Confluence, Red Hat Ansible, Prometheus and Jenkins;

  • Detailed, hands-on experience with public cloud resources and services such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud;

  • Experience with a diverse range of IT monitoring and management tools, such as Cloudflare and Datadog; and

  • Knowledge of how to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in test and production environments.