Kasha Global, Inc.
Kasha is Africa's leading platform for access to health. A digital platform selling health products and household goods delivered to the last mile in multiple African countries, Kasha also works with manufacturers, global health organizations and governments offering a sustainable solution for market access in Africa for pharmaceuticals and fast moving consumer goods with end to end data visibility.
201 - 500 employees
Senior DevOps Engineer
Job not on LinkedIn
August 11
Kasha Global, Inc.
Kasha is Africa's leading platform for access to health. A digital platform selling health products and household goods delivered to the last mile in multiple African countries, Kasha also works with manufacturers, global health organizations and governments offering a sustainable solution for market access in Africa for pharmaceuticals and fast moving consumer goods with end to end data visibility.
201 - 500 employees
📋 Description
• Responsibilities 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) - Perform Routine checks on CPU usage, Memory, Spikes, and keep tabs on other metrics as necessary. • Documentation: Write specifications and documentation for the server-side features. • Systems analysis: Analyze the technology we currently use and develop plans and processes for improvement, automation, and expansion. • Maintenance and troubleshooting: Perform routine application maintenance to ensure the production environment runs smoothly. • Develop and enforce maintenance requirements and procedures. • Prioritize the most critical backups needed and address at least one in every month and resolve all failed backup alerts within the quarter. • Ensure 100% of critical systems are backed up in a timely manner to limit data loss and mitigate against irreversible damage to our systems. • Ensure our applications are scanned for vulnerabilities on a regular basis and keep the system security up to date. • Investigate and Integrate code pipeline tools to scan our codebase for security issues. • Org-wide system administration: Manage license acquisition, user access, firmware updates, and support requests for Google Workspace, Dynamics, Freshworks, Freshsales, Airslate, Meta, Slack, Sweetprocess, and Microsoft Office. • Track org-wide IT subscription spending: Consolidate monthly service subscription invoices and follow up with Kasha and third-party finance teams to ensure payments are made and captured on time. • Track service uptimes: Monitor downtimes and follow up on their resolution and the resulting mitigation measures. • This includes watching for and escalating intermittent issues to relevant external and internal stakeholders to implement long-term solutions. • Forecast, plan, and execute weekly IT cloud infrastructure tasks in the Sprint Plan. • Enforce Kasha’s IT security policy: Monitor compliance with Kasha’s IT security policies regarding access to our systems through software integration or user login. • Also, support Jakob and Lydia's push for data and security compliance in Rwanda and Kenya.
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as Devops Engineer or in a similar software engineering role. • Minimum Academic Qualification: 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 (you will not need to code a product, but you are expected to be able to find and modify a few lines of code to facilitate problem solving). • Understanding of SDLC, experience in configuration and setup of automated deployment tools and pipelines. • Understanding of information security. • Problem-solving attitude. • Collaborative team spirit.
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