DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer at Branch International

Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, and India, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world’s emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility.

Job Title

DevOps Engineer

Location

Nigeria (Remote)

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Overview

Branch is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our cloud infrastructure and DevOps operations. The ideal candidate will oversee the design, deployment, and optimization of our AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless orchestration of workloads across Kubernetes and serverless environments like AWS Lambda. This role will focus on automating processes, enhancing system reliability, and driving the adoption of DevOps best practices while collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to support our rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using best practices and modern tools.
• Manage and optimize containerized applications using Kubernetes to ensure high availability and performance.
• Build, monitor, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows.
• Continuously monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement optimizations.
• Implement security best practices, including IAM configurations, VPC design, and compliance automation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide infrastructure support and promote DevOps best practices.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering their professional growth.
• Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure architecture, deployment processes, and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in DevOps or a similar role with strong cloud infrastructure expertise.
• Extensive experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and ECS.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployment, scaling, and maintenance.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Strong understanding of security principles, including IAM policies and secrets management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for mentoring junior team members.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Fully paid life and health insurance (Axa Mansard Platinum plan).
• 28 days of annual leave, 30 days of sick leave, and 7 days of bereavement leave.
• Fully paid parental leave (6 months maternity, 3 months paternity).
• Annual professional development budget.
• Pension benefit.
• Monthly WFH stipend and one-time home office setup budget.
• Flexible working hours and opportunity to interact with a global team.
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now).

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

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