Vacancy title:
Regional Systems & DevOps Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Computer & IT]

Jobs at:
Chancen International

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, July 31 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 15 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

As our Regional Systems & DevOps Manager, you will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing our infrastructure and data systems. This is a cross-functional role that involves a blend of system reliability engineering, DevOps, and data operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain a Microsoft SQL Server instance.
• Administer and maintain a PostgreSQL database.
• Manage and configure a Metabase instance for analytics and reporting.
• Maintain and troubleshoot a Fivetran installation.
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• Manage containerized applications using Docker.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, and product teams to ensure smooth operations and deployments.
• Backing up and restoring all databases (Core Banking System and Data Warehouse) to ensure data availability as per IT&MIS policy.
• Ensure the core banking system, disaster recovery site, API links, and data warehouse are up and running. With upgrades, data integrity, data migrations and required developments.
• Ensure systems and reporting structures provide appropriate portfolio and impact information and performance outputs to all levels of management, including licenses.
• Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for the database systems and access controls.
• Maintain system documentation and procedures and perform end financial activities (EOD, EOM and EOY) regularly.
• Developing Management Information reports as per the business requests.
• Simulate the end of the month, end of quarter/end of year, and generate a simulation report and product configuration set ups.
• Manage servers, including software updates, security patches, and hardware.
• Support on other tasks as assigned by your Supervisor.

Requirements

Educational Qualifications

• Have at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or any other related field.
• Have at least any professional certificate in database administration, i.e., SQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL.

Technical Skills, Competencies, and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in database and system administration, and/or in a financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience in managing Metabase and Fivetran installations.
• Proficiency in GitHub Actions and CI/CD best practices.
• Hands-on experience deploying applications on AWS (Elastic Beanstalk a plus).
• Solid understanding of Docker and container orchestration concepts.
• Experience with server installation and maintenance.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Chancen International on chancen.zohorecruit.eu to apply

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