Responsibilities
Develop, deploy and maintain the BitPesa large Amazon AWS based cloud solution
Deploy, automate, maintain, troubleshoot and improve the systems that keep the backend infrastructure running smoothly
Deploy automated tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes and Container based continuous delivery
Maintain best practice cloud security principles in line with ISO27001 certification
System troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains
Suggesting architecture improvements, recommending process improvement

Requirements
Required:
Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
Good knowledge of databases systems, especially PostgreSQL.
Good knowledge of cloud providers, especially AWS.
Familiarity with deploying and managing applications on the cloud in an automated way.
Familiarity with logging, monitoring and alerting tools.
Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum.
General knowledge of Linux/Unix systems.
A strong and flexible work ethic.
Excellent communication skills.

Desired:
Good knowledge of working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
Good knowledge of using automated testing frameworks such as RSpec
Good knowledge of source control using Git
Familiarity with DevOps principles, especially the 12 Factor App and Infrastructure as Code
Familiarity with container architecture, especially Docker
Familiarity with provisioning and deployment tools like Chef, Ansible or Terraform
Familiarity with ISO27001 requirements
Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others
Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases
Benefits

Competitive salary
Casual work environment
Great work-life balance
We value autonomy
Environmental-friendly (we try to use as less paper as possible!)
Opportunity for growth for all our employees

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