DevOps Engineer - Cross Switch Ghana

The DevOps engineer is responsible for designing and implementing strategies to maintain and manage applications hosted by different cloud service providers.

• DIVISION / DEPARTMENT Technology
• DIRECT REPORTS: Lead Developer / Chief Technology Officer
• SUB DEPARTMENT Dev Team
• DOTTED REPORTS: Executive Team Members

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with Business Units on building external/internal customer-facing Applications Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions Own and drive projects from design through delivery with ongoing support
• Communicating effectively across diverse disciplines(with Product, Engineering, Data, etc.) to collect requirements, set and achieve optimal outcomes

• Develop and manage software continuous integration and deployment processes Develop and manage alert, and monitoring solutions of the production system
• Provide incident and problem management support for business groups and operations
• Create and maintain technical documentation including operational run books, user guides, and standard operating procedures
• Automate the provisioning and auto-scaling of infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code
• Developing DevOps framework and implementing standards, processes, and controls for release and deployment activitiesHave a passion for enabling our Development, Test and Operations teams via tooling and automation Embrace continuous improvement
• Build DevOps solutions across application, network, deployment & scaling to meet complex project requirements Be comfortable working in a high-paced, high energy-agile working environment
• Take ownership to implement and enforce all relevant security, documentation and config processes in all day to day activities

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)

• Number of task items completed within sprint Efficiency/quality of work
• Commitment to deadlines Problem solving skills Communication skills
• Compliance to internal controls, willingness to follow instructions

Required Skills or Experience

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD Pipelines using Azure DevOps or any other tools
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with programming languages like: C#, Python or Javascript 3+ years of experience with cloud services like AWS(preferred), Microsoft Azure, GCP
• 3+ years of experience with IaC technologies such as Terraform, Azure Resource Template, etc. 3+ years of experience Git, Docker, Kubernetes
• 2+ years of experience with Agile practices
• Experience with Relation/Non-Relational databases such as SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, etc. Professional Experience working in Windows and Linux environments
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills

SOFTWARE TOOLS Experience with cloud computing

• Experience with C#, CS, Agile, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines Some Data migration, VPN setups
• Containerization best practices Experience with web design and UI

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or related field