Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Yassir, a leading super app in the Maghreb region, and become a DevOps Engineer in our Cloud Operations squad. Build and maintain scalable, cost-effective, and reliable systems using Kubernetes in a GCP cloud environment. Improve our CI/CD process and increase automation. Play a key role in incident handling and supporting engineering teams. Develop infrastructure as code and introduce best practices to enhance team productivity. Automate deployment and scaling processes to minimize downtime and continuously improve infrastructure for efficiency and cost reduction. This role offers a ground-floor opportunity to shape the company's strategic direction and work on challenging technical projects impacting millions of Africans.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role building and maintaining large-scale, distributed infrastructure environments in the cloud
• Strong experience with Linux administration and scripting languages (Bash, Python, TypeScript, etc)
• Proven Experience working with Containers and Container Orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes
• Proven Experience with configuration management tools such as Terraform, CDK for Terraform, Pulumi
• Proven Experience working with cloud infrastructure and services (GCP, AWS, Azure) with at least 1 year of experience building and maintaining services in GCP
• Previous experience with CI/CD processes
• Previous experience with Node.JS or Python
• Strong understanding of network protocols and security best practices
• Familiar with relational and non-relational database models (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis)
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, cost-effective, and reliable systems with technologies such as Kubernetes in GCP cloud environment
• Improve our CI/CD process and increase the level of automation at Yassir in order to increase our efficiency
• Play a key role in handling incidents, and support engineering teams with their infrastructure needs
• Develop infrastructure as code as required
• Introduce processes, documentation, best practices, and tools that would help our engineering teams be more productive
• Automate deployment and scaling processes to minimize downtime
• Continuously improve infrastructure and processes to increase efficiency and reduce costs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ElasticSearch, LogStash, and Kibana is a plus
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana is a plus
• Outstanding written & verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, self-start, contribute under pressure, and meet tight deadlines
• Highly organized, creative, and critical thinker
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
• Organized and obsessive about details
• Hard-working, passionate, and looking to embrace the challenge

Benefits

• Great compensation and bonuses including stock options
• Ground floor opportunity with the team; shape the strategic direction of the company
• Sharp, motivated co-workers in a fun office environment or in remote
• Paid company holidays
• Full social coverage