At Living Goods we empower people to improve the health of their families, friends and communities. Living Goods supports networks of 'Avon-like’ health entrepreneurs who go door to door to teach families how to improve their health and wealth and sell life-changing products such as simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, safe delivery kits, fortified ...

DevOps Engineer

Job TypeFull Time

QualificationBA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate

Experience5 years

LocationNairobi

Job FieldEngineering / Technical , ICT / Computer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automation tools and frameworks for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand requirements and implement solutions
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery
• Monitor and manage infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application development, deployment, and operations.
• Implement and maintain version control systems, configuration management tools, and other DevOps-related technologies.
• Continuously improve processes and tools to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Document processes and workflows to support team knowledge sharing.
• Develop, test, implement, maintain, and optimize automated software delivery in an Infrastructure as Code (IAC) environment.
• Implement integrations requested by software engineering teams.
• Contribute to improving system reliability, availability and performance.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in DevOps

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in a DevOps role, and experience in working on a Linux based infrastructure.
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms will be an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies:

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Good knowledge in Docker and Kubernetes for container management and orchestration.
• Hands on experience with DevOps tools and technologies, such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, terraform and Ansible, GitHub Actions and other CI/CD tools.
• Experience in one or more programming languages, preferably Python and Javascript
• Linux system administration, monitoring, security best practices, networking, and logging.
• Good knowledge of shell scripting, Java or Python.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
• Working knowledge of databases both RDBS and NoSQL.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous learning mindset to stay updated with evolving technologies and industry best practices.
• Familiarity with command-line tools on Linux or another UNIX-like operating system.
• Experience with version control systems such as GIT.
• Familiarity with open-source platforms and tools such as Digital Global Goods (CHT, CommCare, OpenSRP, OpenMRS, OpenLMIS, DHIS2, etc.) would be advantageous.

• Design and implement automation tools and frameworks for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand requirements and implement solutions
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery
• Monitor and manage infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application development, deployment, and operations.
• Implement and maintain version control systems, configuration management tools, and other DevOps-related technologies.
• Continuously improve processes and tools to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Document processes and workflows to support team knowledge sharing.
• Develop, test, implement, maintain, and optimize automated software delivery in an Infrastructure as Code (IAC) environment.
• Implement integrations requested by software engineering teams.
• Contribute to improving system reliability, availability and performance.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in DevOps

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Good knowledge in Docker and Kubernetes for container management and orchestration.
• Hands on experience with DevOps tools and technologies, such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, terraform and Ansible, GitHub Actions and other CI/CD tools.
• Experience in one or more programming languages, preferably Python and Javascript
• Linux system administration, monitoring, security best practices, networking, and logging.
• Good knowledge of shell scripting, Java or Python.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
• Working knowledge of databases both RDBS and NoSQL.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous learning mindset to stay updated with evolving technologies and industry best practices.
• Familiarity with command-line tools on Linux or another UNIX-like operating system.
• Experience with version control systems such as GIT.
• Familiarity with open-source platforms and tools such as Digital Global Goods (CHT, CommCare, OpenSRP, OpenMRS, OpenLMIS, DHIS2, etc.) would be advantageous.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in a DevOps role, and experience in working on a Linux based infrastructure.
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms will be an added advantage.