Kuda is a full service, app-based digital bank. Our mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa, and completed a Series A funding round in February 2021, led by some of the world's smartest venture capital investors. With offices in London (our HQ), Lagos and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, Kuda is fast becoming recognised as the leading 'Neobank' for Africans.
To help us grow into the company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances, we are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Roles and Responsibilities
Implement various testing and automation tools, and commission IT infrastructure
Provision, Configure, & De-Provision Environments via Automation
Define and set development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation
Apply troubleshooting techniques and advise on fixing code bugs
Ensure developers adheres to defined DevOps processes and update or create new processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate system performance and agility using appropriate monitoring tools to improve operational efficiency.
Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operations and support at scale and efficient use of resources.
Perform incidence management and root cause analysis
Select and deploy appropriate CI/CD tools
Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)
Understand teams’ requirements and project KPIs.
Requirements
5+ years of industry experience in a similar role
Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience
Experience with CI/CD Platforms (Azure DevOps is a Plus)
Strong exposure working with at least one of GCP, AWS & Microsoft Azure (preferably Azure & AWS)
Solid experience with ElasticSearch, Datadog, Sentry
Good understanding of technologies like Ansible, Terraform etc
Experience with Kubernetes orchestration and management
Exposure maintaining and support monitoring and alerting systems
Working experience supporting and troubleshooting relational databases and distributed platform
Working knowledge of monitoring and event management tool Implementations
Basic system administration and Linux skills.
Personal Attributes:
Willing to embrace and enrich Kuda culture of empathy, teamwork and passion
Have a strong desire for learning and growth
Have a sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
Are a critical thinker and possess problem-solving skills
Have good time-management skills
Have great interpersonal and communication skills
Can take the initiative and adapt to a fast-paced work environment.
Benefits
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
Pension
Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
Group life insurance
Health insurance
L&D training
We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option.
Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.