Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Carry1st, Africa's leading mobile games and digital content publisher, as a Senior DevOps Engineer. You will architect and maintain dynamic systems automating development and handling millions of daily active users. Responsibilities include optimizing AWS cloud deployment, deploying automation tools, building and maintaining environments, executing load tests, designing monitoring procedures, and securing sensitive data. This role requires 4+ years of DevOps experience in AWS, expertise in web sockets and database architecture, and familiarity with various technologies. Carry1st offers a fast-paced, remote work environment with benefits such as company shares, co-working excursions, remote working allowance, learning and development opportunities, social events, and birthday leave.

Requirements

• 4+ years working as a DevOps Engineer in the AWS environment, with experience in services like EC2 / ELB, Route53, S3
• Experience optimizing web sockets with significant loads and database architecture (MySQL) and caching technologies (MemCached, Redis)
• Experience with technologies such as RabbitMQ, Jenkins, Jira, Chef, and Hashicorp
• Self-motivation, problem solving and ability to work in a distributed team environment

Responsibilities

• Optimize AWS cloud deployment for improved performance, security, and cost management
• Deploy automation tools (CI / CD) to facilitate the development and deployment of builds
• Building and maintaining development, staging, and production environments
• Set up and execute progressive load tests simulating massive scale involving web sockets
• Design procedures for system monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance
• Secure, store and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, encryption keys

Benefits

• Own shares in the Company - enabling you to benefit from the value you create
• Co-working excursions: Travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world
• Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience
• Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
• Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day