Untapped Global
Job title: DevOps Engineer
Reporting to: Lead Software
Engineer
Experience level: Intermediate
Start date: as soon as
possible
Position type: Full-time
Location: Nairobi
About Untapped
Untapped Global is an investment and technology company based in
the US, with offices and representatives in Kenya and South Africa.
Its mission is to bridge the investment gap in emerging markets, by radically changing the risk profile of debt investment in these countries for everyday investors.
To do so, Untapped has developed a Smart Asset Financing
technology and investment vehicle.
It leverages technology to collect data about its financial and
social impact and provides near real-time portfolio performance data to its
investors.
About the role
As we scale up, we are seeking an intermediate DevOps Engineer
to work with software developers and the broader technology team to
oversee code releases.
You will combine an understanding of both engineering and
coding. You understand the software development lifecycle and have a clear
understanding of various automation tools for developing digital pipelines
(CI/CD pipelines).
You will also have a deep understanding of microservices
architecture and building and deploying scalable, distributed systems.
From creating and implementing systems software to analyzing
data to improve existing ones, you will contribute to increasing Untapped tech
team productivity.
Key duties and
responsibilities:
· Build, operate, and support
highly available, fault tolerant, observable, performant, secure, and
scalable platform tools and systems in a microservice environment that enable
the Untapped
engineering team to build best-in-class products
· Develop and maintain
solutions which automate the configuration, provisioning, deployment,
scaling, and monitoring of all of our systems
· Ensure high availability
and acceptable levels of performance for our applications
· Work closely with QA and
software developers to automate workflows, release high quality and
well-tested software, and troubleshoot production issues
· Supervise Untapped cloud
infrastructure (AWS)
· Own the implementation
of CI/CD tooling and best practices
· Ensure that systems are
safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
· Serve as a subject
matter expert on observability and monitoring of distributed systems
What you will bring to
Untapped:
· Bachelor’s degree in
Computer Science (CS) or related discipline – equivalent industry experience
and demonstrable knowledge may be used to replace this requirement
· 3+ years managing the
deployment and environment strategy around distributed, scalable
microservices software products
· Experience with Amazon
Web Services
· Experience with
containerization tools like Kubernetes, Fargate, Docker, etc.
· Experience doing
command-line troubleshooting and scripting on Linux
· Proficiency with GitHub
and GitOps
· Proficiency in Python or
JavaScript
· A strong understanding
of networking concepts (virtual networking, subnets, routing, load
balancing, DNS, etc.), networking security and Infrastructure as Code
· A strong understanding
of the Agile software development cycle
· Exceptional written and
oral communication skills
· Experience being a part
of a multicultural, distributed team, ideally with some experience in
Africa
· A passion for innovation
and creative problem solving, and a strong curiosity to learn new things
and to experiment
· A can-do attitude and
the flexibility required to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Untapped is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to
diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please share your CV and cover letter introducing yourself, your
experience and your interests in working with us via this link: https://untappedglobal.bamboohr.com/careers/33
