Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

About the Role

Mukuru is on the lookout for a Senior DevOps Engineer to play a key hands‑on role in building, operating, and continuously improving our cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. This role sits within the Technology Solutions function and works closely with the Cloud Infrastructure Manager and Cloud Architect, as well as Software Engineering, Software Architecture, and Security teams. You’ll help ensure our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices are secure, observable, resilient, and scalable — enabling engineering teams to deliver safely and efficiently in a regulated fintech environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and improve cloud infrastructure across environments (production, staging, development) as part of a collaborative DevOps team.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation to improve reliability and delivery speed.
• Monitor, secure, and optimise cloud platforms, ensuring performance, availability, and recoverability.
• Proactively improve monitoring, alerting, and observability , and contribute to incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Support re dundancy, failover, backup, and disaster recovery mechanisms in line with business RTOs and RPOs.
• Collaborate closely with our internal security team, and apply DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability management, patching, intrusion detection/prevention, and secure configuration.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers to reduce friction between development and operations.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation , including system diagrams and operational runbooks.
• Research and evaluate new tools and technologies that improve platform reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Take ownership of your own professional development and technical growth.
• Grade 12 (required)
• Relevant tertiary qualification (advantageous)
• 7+ years’ experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering
• Strong experience with AWS (Azure or GCP exposure is beneficial)
• Solid Linux administration experience in production environments
• Proven experience with: Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred) Containers and orchestrati on (Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD) CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki)
• Experience with configuration management tools ( Ansible, Puppet or Chef )
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language ( Python, Bash, or Ruby )
• Understanding of core infrastructure components:
• Web servers (NGINX, Apache)
• Databases (MySQL/Postgres)
• Messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Beanstalkd)
• Networking (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, proxies)
• Experience supporting secure and compliant environments. Exposure to PCI-DSS and/or ISO27001 is advantageous.
• Familiarity with agile delivery practices and DevOps culture
• Experience working in Fintech, Technology, or other high-growth environments

Requirements

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Attention to detail and operational excellence
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation
• Adaptability in fast-paced environments