Platform Engineer

Job title : Platform Engineer

Job Location : Abuja Deadline : October 15, 2026 Quick Recommended Links

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Job Description

• Build and operate secure, highly available infrastructure across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Administer, troubleshoot, secure, and optimise Linux production systems.
• Build and operate Docker and Kubernetes platforms.
• Automate infrastructure with Terraform and configuration management with Ansible.
• Build and improve CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Develop reusable platform components, deployment templates, and self-service capabilities.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Troubleshoot application, networking, storage, and performance issues.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Contribute to on-call rotation and support incident response.
• Maintain platform documentation, standards, and runbooks for team-wide visibility.

Requirements

• 3+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, Linux Systems Engineering, or a related role.
• Strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Solid networking knowledge including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, firewalls, TLS, and load balancing.
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or private/on-premise infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
• Strong Bash, Python, Go, or similar scripting skills.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Loki, Datadog, or similar.
• Understanding of availability, scalability, resilience, backup, and disaster recovery