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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Nairobi, Kenya
Company Details
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Description: Cellulant is a digital payments business. We run an ecosystem of consumers, merchants and banks in which we facilitate payments and build value through the value-added services we layer on top. In building this ecosystem we serve different types of customers with different products, in a range that includes mobile banking products, mobile credit products, USSD, SMS, and digital content. We are currently serving merchants and banks across 10 countries, and a wide set of industries
Job Description
  • Hybrid Architecture Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and optimize the organization's cloud infrastructure to ensure alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
  • Internal Application Deployment Support: Lead and assist in deploying applications on hybrid cloud platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and security while providing expertise and guidance to crossfunctional teams on application deployments.
  • Hybrid Architecture Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and optimize the organization's cloud infrastructure to ensure alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
  • On-Prem Server Infrastructure and Network Support: Manage and support on-premises server and network infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers, routers and switches and firewalls . Ensure the stability and security of on-premises resources integrating them with cloud services when necessary.
  • Cloud Platform Management: Oversee the management of cloud and cloud network resources, including configuring, monitoring, and optimizing the cloud platform to ensure high availability, scalability, and security of services.
  • Automation Pipeline Development: Design and implement automation pipelines for cloud services, leveraging tools like Ansible, Terraform, or custom scripting to streamline cloud infrastructure management, reduce manual tasks, and improve efficiency.
  • Incident Response: Act as a 2nd and 3rd level responder for infrastructure-related incidents. Conduct in-depth troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to minimize downtime.
  • Customer Network Integration: Act as the primary point of contact for customer network-related integration, ensuring that external systems and networks seamlessly integrate with our organization's network infrastructure.
  • Compliance Support: Assist in ISO audits, PCI/DSS audits, and other compliance assessments. Ensure cloud infrastructure aligns with regulatory and security standards, implementing necessary controls.

Key Relationships: Peers- Mid- Senior level Cloud Engineers, Network Engineers, Information Security Engineers, Software Developers and Project Managers.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Qualification:

  • Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an IT-related discipline.
  • Minimum 4 years Experience as an Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer.
  • Experience in Enterprise Systems and/or Network.
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) across hybrid environments
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience deploying and automating infrastructure in public cloud environments, using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Experience with programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash).
  • Significant experience deploying infrastructure on public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Rackspace).

Must have experience:

  • Minimum 4 years Experience as an Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer.
  • Experience in Enterprise Systems and/or Networks.
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) across hybrid environments.
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience deploying and automating infrastructure in public cloud environments, using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Experience with programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash).
  • Significant experience deploying infrastructure on public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Rackspace).

Experience that will count in your favor:

  • Having worked on migration projects.
  • Having worked within the Financial Services Sector within an organization that is PCI or ISO certified.
  • Having worked for an Infrastructure provider.

Nice to have experience:

  • Being interested and able to grow in developing architectural designs, scripting, automated IT infrastructure systems and learning platform area elements, and enhanced configuration management systems, e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
  • Working experience with Multi-cloud deployments.
  • Working knowledge of virtualized environments such as VMware vSphere, KVM, and Citrix XenServer.
  • Working knowledge of backup technologies (Veaam, Comvault, etc).
  • Working knowledge of Hardware and Datacenter technologies, with an interest in optimizing architectural patterns.
  • Strong interest in learning the latest automation tools.
  • A desire to be part of an advanced team.
  • Interest and motivation to document key points of design and operational practices, working within existing team approaches.

SKILLS:

  • Experience with Virtualization platforms (KVM, VMware or HyperV).
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Minimum 2 years of previous experience deploying and automating infrastructure in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, Rackspace), using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Experience with programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash).
  • Proven experience building highly available infrastructure.
  • A solid understanding of Internet-based technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, Security, HTTP/HTTPS).
  • Experience with Relational Databases (MS SQL, Mysql).
  • Experience with automated systems, scripting, and software development disciplines.
  • Experience migrating services across different environments (On-premise to Cloud/Hybrid Cloud).
  • Practical Knowledge of security approaches within cloud and data center infrastructure.

Personal attributes:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • Proficiency in a coding language.
  • Ability to work under minimal supervision.
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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