Senior Cloud Infrastructure Automation Architect

Company: IPMC LIMITED 
Skills: IT - Software & Programming
Experience:5 years and above
Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree 
Location: LAGOS, NIGERIA 
 
 
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

IPMC is one of Nigeria oilfield service companies providing innovative solutions, technology, and services to the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in Nigeria and has a network of, manufacturing, service, research and development, and training facilities.
It delivers innovative technologies and services designed to meet the world's current and future energy needs in a safe, ethical, and sustainable manner. Grounded by our core values and inspired by our world-class people, we are committed to being a trusted business partner to those we serve.
 
Essential Responsibilities: 
 
In this role Senior Cloud Infrastructure Automation Architect, you will:
Build enterprise Cloud infrastructure automation solutions that support the company Public Cloud strategy
Work on a collaborative team in an Agile / DevOps environment
The ideal individual is relentlessly technical, passionate for automating everything and totally committed to delivering amazing customer experiences
Must demonstrate examples of successful automation, and a willingness to continually learn more Work with Risk and Security teams to continually close out any risks where automation is the remedy
Serves as a level 3 resource for Active Directory and MS-Windows Server fleet improvement projects
 
Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor' Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems from an accredited college or university 
Minimum 5 years of experience in hands-on Infrastructure automation code development experience
 
Technical Expertise: 

Experience using Amazon Web Services console, CLI, APIs. AWS Certifications are especially helpful 
Experience developing automation solutions (Python, Ruby, Java, Node.js, .NET, etc.)

Experience developing solutions using infrastructure orchestration tools (Chef, Puppet, Salt, etc.)

Experience developing solutions that combine data from APIs, endpoints, and databases

Experience creating continuous integration pipelines (Jenkins, Maven CI, Travis CI, etc.)

Experience working within an agile team (Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming)

Experience working with common application architectures (app/web servers, containerization, etc.)

 Knowledge of IP Networking including VPC's, DNS, load-balancing, and firewalls

Enterprise Scale Systems Administration experience is a plus

Experience with at least one hyper-scaler (AWS, Azure or GCP) designing highly available, highly resilient and secure cloud infrastructure

Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef or puppet

Experience with provisioning tools like CloudFormation or Terraform

Knowledge of infrastructure as Code and scripting skills e.g Powershell, Python or Ruby

knowledge of implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines with Infrastructure

Experience with containerization platforms and services using Docker and Kubernetes

Personal Attributes: 
Ability to explain issues and resolutions to technical and non-technical staff
Persists on completion of endeavors, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for individual results and others through team spirit
Strong analytical skills, creative and business-focused problem-solving abilities