Background

The Davis & Shirtliff Group is the leading supplier of water and energy solutions in the region. The Group is Kenyan based and operates through a network of Kenyan branches as well as regional subsidiaries in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC. The company has a total complement of over 800 highly trained and professional staff spread across the region. We seek to fill the role of DevOps Developer in the Digital Division team.

Principal Job Tasks

• Develop, maintain, and evolve observability systems (metrics, logs, traces).
• Define and implement SLOs/SLIs for key services.
• Perform incident response, post-incident reviews, and root-cause analysis.
• Build and evolve internal frameworks that reduce operational toil and help teams deploy, test, and run services reliably.
• Continuously evaluate and improve platform reliability, scaling, and performance, ensuring systems adapt to growing business demands.
• Make efficient use of version control and bug tracking systems.
• Design and maintain automation frameworks (CI/CD pipelines)
• Mentor team members on DevOps to build a culture of excellence.
• Working with software developers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Qualifications and Attributes

• Holder of an Upper 2nd class honours degree in Computer Science or a closely related field from a recognized institution.
• 2+ years of DevOps, site reliability, or infrastructure engineering.
• Good understanding of Source Code version control: Git
• Experience with CI/CD tools, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience in integration with 3rd Party Applications.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and people skills.

Team Information

The successful candidate will join a dedicated and dynamic team of experts who derive satisfaction from “Improving People’s Lives Through Providing Water and Energy Solution for Africa”.

• Develop, maintain, and evolve observability systems (metrics, logs, traces).
• Define and implement SLOs/SLIs for key services.
• Perform incident response, post-incident reviews, and root-cause analysis.
• Build and evolve internal frameworks that reduce operational toil and help teams deploy, test, and run services reliably.
• Continuously evaluate and improve platform reliability, scaling, and performance, ensuring systems adapt to growing business demands.
• Make efficient use of version control and bug tracking systems.
• Design and maintain automation frameworks (CI/CD pipelines)
• Mentor team members on DevOps to build a culture of excellence.
• Working with software developers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

• Source Code version control: Git
• CI/CD tools
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Integration with 3rd Party Applications
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• People skills

• Holder of an Upper 2nd class honours degree in Computer Science or a closely related field from a recognized institution.
• 2+ years of DevOps, site reliability, or infrastructure engineering.