About the role

Reporting directly to the Senior Manager – DevOps, the Junior Engineer – DevOps will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

You are required to have prior experience in Software Development and DevOps. As the Junior Engineer – DevOps, you will collaborate closely with solution architects, the engineering team, project managers and the infrastructure team to launch new features/applications and drive enhancements to existing products.

The personality of an EZRA Engineer

You will be:

• Passionate about deploying innovative customer-centric products that exceed customer expectations in terms of quality and delivery
• Proud of your work but always believing the best is yet to come
• Able to take criticism positively and to learn from mistakes
• Able to self-critique and analyse and be motivated to constantly improve and develop both professionally and personally
• High attention to detail
• See process, procedure and documentation as tools to support excellence
• Customer-focused and understands the business we are operating in.
• Shows leadership and enthuses others to achieve their potential and create a positive atmosphere.
• Passionate about growing talent and motivating others to produce their best work.

Responsibilities | What you’ll do

The Junior Engineer – DevOps will be a part of our new DevOps team bringing a wealth of experience building and scaling services in a cloud environment. In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting in the deployment, configuration, and monitoring of software releases to various environments
• Supporting the automation and management of infrastructure and application configurations using tools like Helm and Terraform.
• Collaborating with development teams to implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including build automation, testing, and deployment.
• Assisting in setting up and maintaining monitoring tools to ensure system health and reliability. Responding to and troubleshooting incidents or alerts.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams (developers, infrastructure engineers, testers) to facilitate effective collaboration
• Assisting in identifying and resolving issues related to infrastructure, deployments, and performance bottlenecks.
• Actively participating in team meetings, providing insights, suggestions, and ideas for improving processes and infrastructure.

Requirements | What we are looking for