Black Pen Recruitment

Intermediate DevOps Engineer (Fintech)

Black Pen Recruitment  •  Lagos, NG (Hybrid)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Our client is a technology company solving payments problems for businesses. Their mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved. They provide a suite of products to help businesses accept payments online and offline, manage their operations, and grow their business. Our client is driven by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.



As an Intermediate Devops Engineer with our client, you will contribute to building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipeline and internal tooling that support our products and engineering teams. You will work closely with engineers to ensure smooth deployments, stable environments and reliable operations. This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in DevOps practices who is eager to deepen their expertise in cloud platforms, infrastructure as code, automation within a fast paced collaborative environment.

Team and Reporting Structure

The selected engineer will join a team of devops engineers and report directly to the lead devops engineer. You will work closely with other members of the department including members of the larger infrastructure and security teams and quite heavily with other product engineering teams.

Job Type: Full Time/Permanent

Location: Nigeria

Workplace: Hybrid

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role. Experience with a variety of AWS services
  • Ability to write and maintain IAC and tools like Terraform
  • Real world experience with Kubernetes.
  • Understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, etc.
  • Experience building tooling to reduce occurrences of errors and improve engineering productivity
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling like ArgoCD, Github Actions, etc.
  • Experience working with and monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and document work.

Beneficial

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field might be beneficial but not required
  • Experience in the fintech industry or with payment processing systems
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI DSS)

Soft Skills

  • Good problem-solving and analytical abilities
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills
  • Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and tools

Responsibilities

  • Takes ownership of tasks and services.
  • Solves clearly scoped problems.
  • Implements known patterns established within the team and industry.
  • Follow security best practices.
  • Help debug and diagnose issues that may arise within systems.
  • Implements CI/CD pipelines.
  • Participates in on call rotation

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Equity compensation
  • Interest-free loan (up to 30% of salary)
  • Full medical coverage
  • MacBook Pro
  • Hybrid working environment
  • Work from Home budget
  • Monthly internet stipend
  • Monthly well-being stipend
  • Generous personal leave policy and annual slow days
  • Fully covered parental leave and sabbatical policies
  • Smart, kind colleagues who’re invested in your growth
Black Pen Recruitment

About Black Pen Recruitment

Black Pen Recruitment is the leading recruitment agency in fintech and cryptocurrency across Africa. From our headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa, we've been at the forefront of specialised recruitment since 2012, carving out a distinct niche in the landscape of financial technology. Our success story is rooted in our ability to identify top-tier talent and match them with leading companies in the industry. With over 180 clients worldwide and over 120,000 candidates in our database, we've built partnerships with Startups, Scale-ups, SMEs, and Corporates, driving growth and innovation every step of the way. We have also expanded our reach into key sectors including e-Commerce, Digital Banking, SaaS, Tech, and Travel/Tourism.

Black Pen Recruitment stands as a dedicated partner in growing your team, with over a decade of experience. Driven by a vision to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity in the growing fintech and cryptocurrency sectors, we've built a formidable team of internationally trained recruiters who share a passion for excellence and dedication. With a strategic presence in Malta, we have established a global footprint, nurturing relationships with clients worldwide. Our journey has been defined by navigating the frontier of finance and technology, driving excellence in every partnership we forge.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Cape Town, ZA
Year Founded
2012
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