DevOps Engineer
2025-04-03T13:31:34+00:00
ENGIE Energy Access
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FULL_TIME
kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Engineering
Science & Engineering
2025-04-13T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Job Purpose/Mission
We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and play a key role in building, scaling, and maintaining our infrastructure. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the seamless operation, deployment, and monitoring of our applications and services. You will collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and maintain reliable systems.
Responsibilities
1. Infrastructure Management
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS, Hetzner and, k8s.
- Maintain and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
- Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), using Terraform, ansible, or similar tools.
2. CI/CD Pipeline Development
- Develop, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools like Code Deploy, GitLab CI.
- Automate testing and deployment processes to minimize manual interventions.
3. Monitoring and Incident Management
- Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Graafian, Graylag, ELK).
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with system performance, latency, and scalability in real-time.
- Lead incident response processes, ensuring root-cause analysis and resolution.
4. Security & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with security best practices (e.g., network segmentation, IAM policies, Firewalls, WAFs).
- Implement vulnerability scanning and automated security testing in CI/CD pipelines and provisioned Infrastructure.
5. Collaboration and Mentoring
- Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure smooth deployments.
- Mentor junior DevOps engineers and guide the team on best practices and modern tools.
- Lead Design and implementation of System Architectures.
6. Automation and Tooling
- Develop scripts to automate system operations and workflows (using Python, Bash, or similar).
- Improve processes related to backup, recovery, and system upgrades.
Experience and skills
Required experience and skills
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar role.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.
- Expertise with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Codedeploy, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration and networking.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Graylog).
- Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible).
- Proficient in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.).
- Familiar with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure in production environments.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) or message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Knowledge of security tools and frameworks (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, OWASP).
- Familiarity with log aggregation and troubleshooting distributed systems.
- Experience with cost optimization strategies on cloud platforms.
Language(s):
. Infrastructure Management - Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS, Hetzner and, k8s. - Maintain and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications. - Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), using Terraform, ansible, or similar tools. 2. CI/CD Pipeline Development - Develop, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools like Code Deploy, GitLab CI. - Automate testing and deployment processes to minimize manual interventions. 3. Monitoring and Incident Management - Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Graafian, Graylag, ELK). - Troubleshoot and resolve issues with system performance, latency, and scalability in real-time. - Lead incident response processes, ensuring root-cause analysis and resolution. 4. Security & Compliance - Ensure compliance with security best practices (e.g., network segmentation, IAM policies, Firewalls, WAFs). - Implement vulnerability scanning and automated security testing in CI/CD pipelines and provisioned Infrastructure. 5. Collaboration and Mentoring - Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure smooth deployments. - Mentor junior DevOps engineers and guide the team on best practices and modern tools. - Lead Design and implementation of System Architectures. 6. Automation and Tooling - Develop scripts to automate system operations and workflows (using Python, Bash, or similar). - Improve processes related to backup, recovery, and system upgrades.
Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) or message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ). Knowledge of security tools and frameworks (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, OWASP). Familiarity with log aggregation and troubleshooting distributed systems. Experience with cost optimization strategies on cloud platforms.
3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar role. Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes. Expertise with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Codedeploy, GitLab CI, or CircleCI. Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration and networking. Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Graylog). Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible). Proficient in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.). Familiar with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development workflows. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure in production environments.
JOB-67ee8db679481
Vacancy title:
DevOps Engineer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Engineering, Category: Science & Engineering]
Jobs at:
ENGIE Energy Access
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, April 13 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 3 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose/Mission
We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and play a key role in building, scaling, and maintaining our infrastructure. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the seamless operation, deployment, and monitoring of our applications and services. You will collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and maintain reliable systems.
Responsibilities
1. Infrastructure Management
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS, Hetzner and, k8s.
- Maintain and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
- Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), using Terraform, ansible, or similar tools.
2. CI/CD Pipeline Development
- Develop, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools like Code Deploy, GitLab CI.
- Automate testing and deployment processes to minimize manual interventions.
3. Monitoring and Incident Management
- Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Graafian, Graylag, ELK).
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with system performance, latency, and scalability in real-time.
- Lead incident response processes, ensuring root-cause analysis and resolution.
4. Security & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with security best practices (e.g., network segmentation, IAM policies, Firewalls, WAFs).
- Implement vulnerability scanning and automated security testing in CI/CD pipelines and provisioned Infrastructure.
5. Collaboration and Mentoring
- Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure smooth deployments.
- Mentor junior DevOps engineers and guide the team on best practices and modern tools.
- Lead Design and implementation of System Architectures.
6. Automation and Tooling
- Develop scripts to automate system operations and workflows (using Python, Bash, or similar).
- Improve processes related to backup, recovery, and system upgrades.
Experience and skills
Required experience and skills
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar role.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.
- Expertise with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Codedeploy, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration and networking.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Graylog).
- Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible).
- Proficient in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.).
- Familiar with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure in production environments.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) or message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Knowledge of security tools and frameworks (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, OWASP).
- Familiarity with log aggregation and troubleshooting distributed systems.
- Experience with cost optimization strategies on cloud platforms.
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Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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