Devops Specialist at Corporate Headhunters Limited

Corporate Headhunters Limited – Our client is one of West Africa’s leading cloud Solutions Provider. They offer technical and professional services to small, medium and large enterprises, NGOs, education institutions and government agencies. By leveraging the power of cloud technologies, they are able to dramatically improve efficiency and productivity, giving organizations the chance to focus on key business operations and improving their bottom line. They have a clear strategy to put customers first and achieve their vision of being the best solutions provider for their customers. They are committed to employing a diverse and inclusive workforce, reflective of the customers and communities they serve.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Devops Specialist

Location: Lagos

Summary

As a Devops, you will work collaboratively with software engineering to deploy and operate systems, help automate and streamline operations and processes as well as build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations.
You will be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving issues in dev, test and production environments.

Responsibilities

You will be building independent web based tools, microservices and solutions
Utilize various open source technologies to implement integrations requested by customers
You will be building tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience
Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems
Perform root cause analysis for production errors
Investigate and resolve technical issues
Write scripts and automation using Perl/Python/Groovy/Java/Bash etc; Develop scripts to automate visualization
Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance
Configure and manage data sources like MySQL, Mongo, Elasticsearch, Redis, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc
Use various tools to orchestrate solutions
Manage source control including SVN and GIT
Deploy updates and fixes

Requirements

Previous work experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role
Sound understanding of how various systems work and how IT operations are managed
Bachelor’s Degree or MS in Engineering or related field
5+years of experience in managing Linux based infrastructure
Hands-on experience at least in one scripting language
Proven experience with databases including MySQL, Mongo & Elasticsearch
Knowledge of Java / JVM based languages
Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
Team player
Good time-management skills
Interpersonal and communication skills
Good knowledge of Ruby or Python
Working knowledge of databases and SQL