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DevOps Engineer

at One acre Fund
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted May 19, 2020
Category IT / Information Technology
NGO
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

Job Summary

Manage a set of tools to ensure a smooth development cycle from commit to deployment.

  • Minimum Qualification: Bachelor
  • Experience Level: Mid level
  • Experience Length: 2 years

Job Description

ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

ABOUT OUR TEAM

Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truckloads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments, to analyzing loan repayments, and so on.

Our technologies include C#, NodeJS, CouchBase, Angular, Docker, and MS SQL, and our tooling landscape includes GitHub, JIRA, and Azure DevOps.

JOB DESCRIPTION

By joining us, you would get to:

Operate a dozen applications our farmers depend on.

Manage and automate our cloud infrastructure.

Manage a set of tools to ensure a smooth development cycle from commit to deployment.

Mentor junior team members.

Help shape our architecture decisions.

You'll report directly to our Head of Architecture.

CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

QUALIFICATIONS

2+ years of work experience; bonus points if this work was in a country/region where we operate or social impact-related.

Programming skills with a focus on SQL (MSSQL preferred) and scripting (Powershell, shell, Python)

Knowledge of Cloud Platforms (Azure preferred)

Knowledge of Software Development Process and various DevOps Tools, including:

Version control software (Git preferred)

Build and release tools (Azure DevOps preferred)

Automated Testing Tools (JMeter, Katalon and Selenium preferred)

Container and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Monitoring Software (Splunk, Elasticsearch)

Curious mind and a willingness to help feed the world

Experience living in a country/region where we work is desired, but not a requirement

Willingness to commit to the position for at least two years

Language: English

PREFERRED START DATE

As soon as possible

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