DevOps Software Engineer

Oze means business and the growth of it. They are passionate about enabling small businesses and local ownership to grow with technology, particularly in emerging markets. By providing small businesses with the data they need to make decisions, Oze enables investment-readiness and a chance for a local economy to assert itself on a global stage. Oze core values are: collaboration, ownership, quality, trust and growth.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on managing and optimizing infrastructure within Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of AWS services, automation, and best practices for building, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based systems. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our AWS infrastructure.

What do you need to be successful?

● Document our current AWS infrastructure and identify areas for improvement in terms of resilience, scalability, security and cost-effectiveness.

● Collaborate with our development team to automate deployment pipelines and implement Continuous Integration and automated deployment processes.

● Implement a comprehensive monitoring and alerting mechanism that can help prevent or minimise outages (partial or total) and to alert us when such outages occur so that we can restore service in a timely manner.

● Implement and maintain security best practices, including IAM policies, security groups, encryption, and access controls.

● Implement a robust backup and disaster recovery strategy for our critical systems and data.

● Gradually implement IaC (Infrastructure as Code) for our existing infrastructure and, over time, start using IaC for applying changes.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues in a timely manner.

● Stay up-to-date with AWS services, features, and industry best practices, and proactively recommend improvements to the existing infrastructure.

How important are you to the bottom line?

As a DevOps Software Engineer, you are pivotal in modern software development. Your focus on automation, collaboration, efficiency, and continuous improvement has a direct impact on a company and #x27;s ability to deliver high-quality software, respond to market demands, and achieve its business goals.

What should you have done in your career?

● You have accumulated considerable knowledge and experience of DevOps and AWS through a strong relevant engineering degree and at least 5 years of relevant working experience.

● Strong expertise in AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, and solid understanding of networking concepts including VPCs, subnets, routing, and security groups.

● You have substantial experience of CI, automated deployments, tools like Jenkins, GitHub CI/CD, or CircleCI and you are able to implement these from scratch.

● Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IAC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar.

● Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

● Relevant AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are desirable but not mandatory.