DevOps Engineer - Decagon

Decagon is Nigeria’s leading tech talent accelerator connecting the top 0.5% of software Engineers with global companies looking to scale their engineering teams.

Driven by a passion to make Nigeria a Top 10 software Engineering nation within a decade, we recruit and place only the brightest of software engineers.

Founded in 2018 with a global network of 400+ Software Engineers and 120+ partner companies spread across Europe, the USA, and Africa, Decagon is committed to connecting exceptional Software Engineers to global companies across our network.

The Role

• Work closely with the architect and developers to evaluate existing problems and arrive at process improvement solutions
• Identify bottlenecks in the coding development and implementation process
• Participate in the planning of the delivery time, the quality of the code, and the improvement of the efficiency of the process
• Execute the plan by creating coding standards and automating processes for the organization
• Perform daily tasks such as setting up development and production environments, monitoring metrics, and reporting incidents
• Develop and maintain knowledge of platform configuration management and troubleshooting
• Actively participate in the deployment of application devices in appropriate environments through compatible technologies and infrastructures
• Coordinate with developers and technical members of the organization to understand their main weaknesses in the coding and development process
• Working with the rest of the team to provide a coherent and holistic solution to the organization

Ideal Profile

• 3-4 years of excellent coding and scripting skills and experience in implementing large-scale cloud architectures using modern cloud-based container platforms is highly desirable
• Knowledge in the implementation of automatic infrastructure provisioning solutions is highly desirable (i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Linux OS, SQL, PL SQL, Scripting, Container knowledge
• Nice to have knowledge of cloud infrastructure and management tools for computing components, storage, networking, caching, etc.
• Network knowledge is nice to have
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies
• Experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer in an agile multifunctional team is preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align the organization in decisions
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
• Use team collaboration to efficiently create innovative solutions
• Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging/disruptive technologies
• You want to give free rein to the internal self-entrepreneur and work in an environment that encourages entrepreneurial minds
• Believes in the culture of transparency and trust
• Open to learning new ideas

What’s on Offer?

• Work within a company with a solid track record of success
• Join a well-known brand within Retail Banking
• Excellent career development opportunities