Cloud, DevOps & Integration Engineer
Summary
Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure and Salesforce integrations, build CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshoot API-driven workflows for an EdTech organization.
About the Company
ALU provides higher education for a higher purpose. Our students develop real-world skills to take on the world's most pressing challenges through a peer and student-led approach, aiming to create a positive impact across Africa and the world.
Responsibilities
- Manage and support production and non-production AWS environments including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and VPC
- Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and cost
- Automate cloud and deployment activities using Infrastructure as Code and scripting
- Own the operational support and continuous improvement of integrations between Salesforce, AWS, and other enterprise applications
- Investigate failures across APIs, authentication, data mappings, and event-driven processes
- Manage Salesforce deployments and maintain Git-based version control
- Build and support CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce releases
- Maintain architecture diagrams, integration inventories, and operational runbooks
Requirements
- At least four years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or systems integration
- Hands-on experience supporting production AWS environments (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch)
- Strong experience troubleshooting integrations across APIs, cloud services, and databases
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and Git-based source control
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK)
- Scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Bash
- Sound understanding of monitoring, logging, cloud security, and disaster recovery
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating Salesforce with AWS services
- Knowledge of AWS AppFlow, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, or API Gateway
- Experience with Salesforce Platform Events or Change Data Capture
- Familiarity with automated testing tools like Playwright
- Experience in EdTech or with Student Information Systems like Canvas
- Relevant AWS or Salesforce certifications