Platform Engineer

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Company Details
Name:Ezra
Industry: Banking
Description: Ezra is a financial technology company that partners with banks, MNOs, utility companies and e-commerce platforms to deliver easy and rapid credit solutions in emerging and financially underserved markets. Thanks to our expertise and unique credit scoring capabilities, we can offer a wide range of credit solutions including airtime credit, embedded finance, nano loans and device financing.
Job Description

In this role you will be responsible for designing, implementing, deployment and maintenance of Ezra Platforms which encompasses the containerized platforms and the micro-services. You will play a crucial role in managing the infrastructure and driving the DevOps practices.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Architecture and Design

 

Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions

 

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, Cloud-Formation and Ansible

 

Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging containerization and microservices

 

Implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies as per requirement.

 

Infrastructure Management

 

Manage and optimize our Public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Alibaba, or GCP)

 

Manage and optimize private cloud infrastructure in partner premises.

 

Implement best practices for cloud security, compliance, and cost optimization

 

Design and implement multi-region and multi-cloud strategies

 

Design and maintain containerized application environments using Docker

 

Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration

 

Automation and DevOps

 

Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and reduce manual tasks

 

Ensure Standardized QA and Production environments

 

Configure and manage load balancers (e.g., NGINX, HAProxy, cloud-native solutions)

 

Implement and manage service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd, Traefik) for microservices architectures.

 

Performance Optimization

 

Analyze and optimize system performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks

 

Conduct capacity planning and implement auto-scaling solutions

 

Optimize container resource allocation and performance

 

Security and Compliance

 

Implement and maintain security best practices across our platform

 

 Develop strategies for container security, including image scanning and   runtime protection

 

Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001:2013)

 

Assist the infosec team in conducting regular security audits and vulnerability assessments

 

TLS certificate management in new market deployments

 

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing

 

Maintain comprehensive technical documentation for platform components and processes

 

Contribute to internal knowledge bases and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions

 

L2 Support and Escalation Management

 

Serve as the secondary escalation point for complex technical issues from the operations team

 

Provide expert-level troubleshooting and resolution for critical platform and infrastructure problems

 

Collaborate with the operations team to improve support processes and knowledge transfer

 

Required Qualifications

 

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

 

4+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or similar roles

 

Strong proficiency in at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

 

Expert-level knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

 

Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, pulumi)

 

Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g.Bash, )

 

Strong understanding of networking concepts, load balancing, and CDNs

 

Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

 

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex systems

 

Experience with multi-cloud architectures

 

Knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd)

 

Familiarity with serverless computing platforms

 

Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CKAD, CKA)

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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