Senior DevOps Engineer (SDE0126)

| Lagos, Nigeria

Salary NGN 500,000 - 800,000
Job Type Full-time
Experience N/A
Deadline 29 May, 2026

Job Description

Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience across AWS and/or Azure, deep knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure automation, and a strong understanding of production-grade systems in high-availability environments.
You will work closely with engineering teams to improve deployment speed, system reliability, security posture, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of production systems
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, CloudWatch)
  • Manage cloud networking (VPC, subnets, VPNs, load balancers, gateways)
  • Implement security best practices, including IAM, RBAC, encryption, vulnerability scanning, and compliance
  • Support disaster recovery, backups, and business continuity planning
  • Optimize cloud cost, performance, and resource utilization
  • Collaborate with development teams to improve release cycles and deployment processes
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure and production issues
     

Requirements

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5–8 years experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
  • Strong hands-on experience withExperience with:
    Docker & Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or similar)
    CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.)
    Terraform / CloudFormation / ARM templates
    Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
    Experience with Linux systems administration

    Solid understanding of:
  • Networking concepts
  • Security and compliance frameworks
  • Monitoring and observability tools
  • Experience supporting production systems with high uptime requirements
  • Nice to Have (Very Important – this attracted your candidates)
  • Experience in banking, fintech, or enterprise environments
  • Exposure to DevSecOps practices
  • Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS + Azure)
  • Experience with Kubernetes security, IAM policies, RBAC
  • Experience with cost optimization and cloud governance
  • Exposure to serverless architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)
  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, etc.)
  • Azure (App Services, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure AD, etc.)
     

Benefits

To apply please send your cv to cv@delon.ng with the subject DevOps

Lagos, Nigeria (Hybrid)