Kasha is building Africa’s leading platform for last-mile access to health products and services, with a particular focus on women and the lower-income mass market.

To assist them they require the skills of an experienced DevOps Engineer, ideally located in the Cape Town, South Africa area, or Nairobi, Kenya.

On offer is a 12 month contract with possibility of the role going permanent.

In this role you will be part of a team focused on 4 key areas:

• AI / ML
• Last mile delivery, with a focus on IOT/GPS and chain management
• Dashbaords and analytics
• App development

Specific responsibilities include:

• Work closely with the rest of the Engineering team to release New Versions of Software.
• Management of the Infrastructure (AWS, Nexcess, Google Cloud platform, and our 3rd party tools)
• Documentation: Write specifications and documentation for the server-side features.
• Systems analysis: Analyse the technology and develop plans and processes for improvement, automation, and expansion.
• Maintenance and troubleshootingto ensure the production environment runs smoothly.
• Ensure 100% of critical systems are backed up in a timely manner to limit data loss and mitigate against irreversible damage to systems.
• Ensure our applications are scanned for vulnerabilities on a regular basis .
• Investigate and Integrate code pipeline tools to scan the codebase for security issues.
• Workspace, Dynamics, Freshworks, Freshsales, Airslate, Meta, Slack, Sweetprocess, and Microsoft Office.
• Track service uptimes: Monitor downtimes and follow up on their resolution and the resulting mitigation measures.
• Forecast, plan, and execute weekly IT cloud infrastructure tasks in the Sprint Plan.
• Enforce Kasha’s IT security policy

Background and skills sought:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as Devops Engineer or in a similar software engineering role.
• A BSc in Computer Science or related field of study
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub workflows.
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL.
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with Cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Hands-on Experience with the Linux environment.
• Good Knowledge of PHP, Python, and SQL
• Understanding of SDLC, experience in configuration and setup of automated deployment tools and pipelines.
• Understanding of information security.