Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer (AWS)

About Enakl

Enakl builds the digital infrastructure for shared commuting in African cities. Our platform handles 30K+ monthly bookings across B2B and consumer segments, with a clear trajectory toward multi-tenant SaaS architecture.

Role Overview

We're hiring a senior cloud and DevOps engineer to own our AWS infrastructure and DevOps practices as we scale toward multi-tenant SaaS. You'll inherit a Terraform foundation and CI/CD pipelines, then evolve them toward enterprise-grade, cost-optimized, secure deployments.

Current Environment

• AWS Infrastructure: VPC, RDS (PostgreSQL), EC2, Lambda, Route53, CloudWatch
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform modules with S3 state management
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions pipelines
• Team: Small experienced engineering team (you'll be the cloud and DevOps specialist)

Initial Focus – Infrastructure Foundations

• Security audit and hardening (IAM, security groups, network architecture)
• CI/CD enhancement (automated testing, deployment strategies, rollbacks)
• Cost optimization (right-sizing, auto-scaling, storage optimization)
• Monitoring and alerting (CloudWatch, logging, incident response)

Evolution – Multi-Tenant Architecture

• Environment separation (dev/staging/prod with tenant isolation)
• Developer enablement (local dev workflows, secrets management, deployments)
• Security compliance (audit logging, operational standards)
• Disaster recovery (backup strategies, multi-AZ deployments, recovery procedures)

Long-Term – Enterprise Scale

• Auto-scaling and load balancing
• Advanced observability (APM, distributed tracing, dashboards)
• Infrastructure as Code maturity (modular Terraform, testing, documentation)

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud engineering or DevOps with AWS focus
• Expert AWS skills (VPC, RDS, EC2, Lambda, Route53, CloudWatch, IAM)
• Deep Terraform expertise (modular design, state management)
• DevOps expertise (CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, containerization)
• Security-first mindset (AWS best practices, cost management, operational resilience)
• Strong monitoring and observability expertise
• Solid software engineering practices (clean code, testing, version control)

Strong Plus

• Multi-tenant architecture experience (tenant isolation, security, cost optimization)
• PostgreSQL optimization (RDS tuning, read replicas, backup strategies)
• Compliance frameworks (security audits, operational policies)
• Cost optimization strategies (reserved/spot instances, AWS cost management)

What You'll Get

• Own the cloud and DevOps foundation of a platform serving 30K+ monthly bookings
• Lead the transition from single-tenant to multi-tenant SaaS architecture
• Join a senior engineering team that values autonomy and engineering craft
• Shape AWS infrastructure for enterprise scale, security, and resilience