Platform Manager

About the role:

You have significant experience in designing, building, operating, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure (including containerized workloads), with a strong focus on security, availability, observability, and disaster recovery. You are comfortable leading and setting the technical direction for DevOps & SecOps, and you like to collaborate with engineering, QA, and data teams to ensure the best possible outcome is achieved.

You’re a star on the rise who is looking for the opportunity to join a FinTech company in a really exciting period of growth, who is ready to step up and become the DevOps leader in a small but growing Engineering team

As a Platform Manager at Ezypay, you will:

• Lead DevOps Initiatives: Set and guide the direction for DevOps across the company.
• Ensure System Reliability: Perform operational procedures and ongoing maintenance to support site reliability.
• Develop and Maintain Platforms: Plan, implement, and test modular, welldocumented, and efficient platform programs.
• Collaborate with Engineers: Work across the Engineering to uphold and drive progress on technology standards.
• Compliance Support: Maintain ongoing compliance with PCI DSS requirements.
• Architectural Input: Contribute to defining system architecture for both software and systems.
• Manage Cloud Infrastructure: Oversee a team responsible for AWS cloud infrastructure, monitoring (Datadog), CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI), and database management (RDS).
• Focus on Availability: Prioritize high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery
• Lead and Mentor Team: Grow your team, fostering professional development and growth for your direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or relevant Information technology industry experience.
• 5+ years industry experience with an in-depth understanding of distributed cloud platforms
• 3+ years experience with containerised platforms on AWS
• Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals
• Experience leading a team
• Good working experience with Java.
• Good understanding of security best practices in the context of web applications
• Good understanding of networking concepts and protocols
• Working knowledge of a modern SDLC management methodology, such as SCRUM, Kanban

Benefits

• Competitive salary package & performance bonus
• Gym subsidies 
• Casual dress code 

• Flexible working arrangements  (including work from home and remote) 
• Generous number of Annual Leaves
• Extensive medical coverage (including dental & optical)
• Generous amount of Annual Leaves
• Delicious office snacks 
• Guidance and mentoring from leaders within the business 
• Dynamic, positive work environment 
• Fantastic team culture