Senior DevOps Engineer at Onafriq

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure Operations team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in designing, building, and optimizing scalable cloud environments using Google Kubernetes Engine, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Platform, Cloudrun . You will play a critical role in shaping our cloud strategy, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across our infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes, cloudrun and AWS ECS.
• Lead the architecture and deployment of containerized applications and services.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment and testing.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure system reliability and uptime.
• Collaborate with Application Support, Security, and Application teams to align infrastructure with business goals.
• Document infrastructure designs, processes, and procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting).
• Strong hands-on experience with OpenStack (compute, storage, networking).
• Proven experience designing and managing large-scale cloud environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration in cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).