Techsavanna Technology Cloud Infrastructure Developer Jobs in Kenya

Techsavanna Technology Cloud Infrastructure Developer Jobs in Kenya

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Cloud Developers are essentially software engineers with a specialization in cloud computing. That means on top of development experience, Cloud Developers must have a solid understanding of cloud systems — not only how they operate, but how to deploy them securely, efficiently, and with little-to-no downtime.

The holder of the role will be responsible for the design, build and automation around deployment and infrastructure management. This includes Infrastructure as Code, automating configuration management, provisioning, patching, and cloud self-service portals.

He/ She will design, build tooling and infrastructure to drive adoption of best practices in resource utilization, organization, monitoring, and maintainability of existing and future public infrastructure deployments.

The role holder will develop and provide corresponding project documentation for handover to support team.

Description

Infrastructure Automation

Automate infrastructure provisioning through Iac tools like Terraform and Cloud formation.

Configuration management

Automate infrastructure tasks e.g., OS patching by using tools like Ansible, Chef. Ensure these processes are automated for the other teams to re-use.

Cloud Management Platform

Build a Hybrid self-service cloud management platform. This should be a single plane platform for all infrastructure services.

Always on infrastructure

Ensure that our infrastructure is always on by implementing ML and AI in order to convert IT Ops to AI Ops

DevOps Tool Chain

Building and maintaining DevOps Tool chain for the infrastructure services e.g., Packer, Ansible Tower, Terraform Enterprise etc.

Documentation and process:

Keeping accurate current infrastructure database for static and dynamic capacities

Adhere to the existing processes in workflow management.

Process review and recommendation on process improvement

Preparation of infrastructure projects, POC bid /RFQ documents and Evaluations.

Learn/research on new technologies/practices in the public cloud and infrastructure domain.

Running of POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval

Development of design principles to guide future deployment

Key performance indicators:

Modernize Cloud Services and DB Infrastructure with automated deployment capability

Single plane Self-service for all infrastructure services

Implementation if IaC for private and public cloud

Build Hybrid Cloud orchestration platform.

Compliance with minimum baseline standards.

Automate Systems patching

'Always On' IT Infrastructure

Implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to convert IT Operations to AI OPS

Projects Implementation and Reporting

Successful migrations, integration and implementation of IT systems.

Production of ad-hoc exception reports and weekly system status reports.

Accurate and timely weekly reports on tasks handled/assigned.

Education

BSc /B-Tech in computer Science/Electricaland communication/Telecoms, Engineering, or a similar field.

More Details on Experience

At Least 3 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.

3 years software engineering experience using languages such as C++ ,pearl, Python, Ruby, Api programming and scripting.

AWS and GCP Cloud knowledge and deployement

Experience in working with IaC tools like Terraform & Cloud Formation. Configuration management tools like Ansible platform to automate various aspects of infrastructure configuration, provisioning, and management

Experience in building DevOps pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket pipelines, Git Actions, Ansible, Terraform, Vagrant etc.

Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.

Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.

Great Stakeholder management skills

Understanding of containerization technologies and platforms, specifically Kubernetes

Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage

AWS Certified Solution Architect certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Terraform Associate certification

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation

Scrum Fundamentals Certified

Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP

UNIX/Linux certification

VMware certification e.g., VCP

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role before 17th April 2023, clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below.

Email: info@techsavanna.technology

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