Royal Media Services is looking for a DevOps Engineer to be based in one of our subsidiary Companies.
He/She will support development and operations, including coding, infrastructure management, system administration, and DevOps tool chains.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of common system architecture, provisioning, and administration, source control, giving and receiving code reviews, writing unit tests, and familiarity with agile principles.
Key roles & responsibilities
Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure
Working with software developers and software engineers to build systems and ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Design, configure, and support software build/deploy pipelines (CI/CD, Git, GitLab) for Group projects
Undertakes software deployment through various staged operating environments i.e. Development, QA, Staging, Production
Ensure that we have the best system hosting & backup services for all products across the Group
Tests code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline and minimize errors
Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.
Optimization of the applications for maximum speed and scalability.
Academic Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Bachelor in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, Computer Engineering or any other relevant course
Proven programming experience in web based application development with a focus on JavaScript (JQuery, AngularJS) PHP (WordPress CMS, Laravel or Codeigniter Framework, HTML, MySQL (PostgreSQL as added advantage)
Hands-on experience with Web Services and API’s (REST, SOAP, etc ..)
Working knowledge of AWS, Git, Bitbucket, SMS, USSD and HTML5
Experience with flutter will be an added advantage
Experience with Firebase, Location Services, Video/Audio streaming, and other common iOS/ Android libraries
Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle
Experience with Microsoft dynamics customization will be an added advantage
Experience deploying applications on AWS
Must have strong debugging, troubleshooting and collaborative skills
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience at corporate or media institutions at similar roles
Self-starter, Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Attention to details, Willingness to innovate, explore new ideas and acquire new skills.
If you are interested and qualified, please email your CV and a one-page statement explaining why you are the ideal candidate for the position to recruitment@royalmedia.co.ke by Tuesday 15th March 2022.Clearly cite Job Ref No. HRD/CAL/DOE/3/2022 as your email subject.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Apply via :
recruitment@royalmedia.co.ke
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