Our client is a fintech start-up backed by one of Africa’s largest banking Groups, with a goal to build Africa’s largest consumer and SME lender. By staying true to their values of empathy, curiosity, and excellence, we will build the most accessible, convenient, digital credit solutions on the continent. They take their mission and users’ challenges extremely seriously and are seeking brilliant, innovative, self-starters to join them on the journey.
THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU, IF
- You are uncompromising in searching for the best way to get things done.
- You can balance a healthy respect for rules with creative, high-impact ways to out-perform the status-quo.
- You have deep experience in connecting strong teamwork abilities with outstanding individual execution.
- You are driven by creating a meaningful impact for our users and in the process delivering outstanding business results
THE POSITION
Our client is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Manager with 7+ years of hands-on experience in maintaining, optimizing, and scaling infrastructure, ensuring reliability and performance for mission-critical systems. You will collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to automate processes, monitor systems, and resolve operational issues while improving the overall user experience.
IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL
- Maintain the availability and performance of critical infrastructure.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
- Ensure high uptime and fast response times across services.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure automation tools.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
- Act as the escalation point for critical system incidents.
- Lead incident response, recovery, and root cause analysis.
- Conduct post-mortems and implement long-term solutions.
- Design scalable systems to grow with demand.
- Optimize systems for cost efficiency and performance improvements.
- Ensure security best practices and compliance with industry standards.
- Manage vulnerability assessments and data protection.
- Work closely with development and product teams to align goals.
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing.
OUR CLIENT IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH
- 8+ years experience in site reliability, DevOps, or related engineering roles.
- Experience with security practices and compliance (SOC2, GDPR).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and serverless computing.
- Understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS).
- Proficient in Linux/Unix system administration and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana or Splunk.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
- Database Management experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.
- Ability to work in fast-paced environments and handle multiple projects.
- Leadership and mentorship capabilities.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
You’ll receive competitive compensation and benefits and the opportunity to build, lead and learn within a flat, performance-focused culture.