The role
As a DevOps engineer, you automate how code is built, tested and deployed, and you keep servers and cloud services running. You set up CI/CD pipelines, containers and monitoring, and respond when something breaks in production. You work hand in hand with developers and security teams.
Who is hiring
Fintechs, banks modernising their systems, mobile operators, hosting providers, software companies and diaspora tech businesses hire DevOps engineers. The work is often remote or hybrid, with on-call duties shared across the team.
Background and career path
DevOps engineers usually start as system administrators or developers, often with a degree in computer science or networks and certifications such as AWS or Kubernetes. They grow into senior DevOps, site reliability engineer or cloud architect.