DevOps Engineer (M-Pesa)
Summary
DevOps engineer supporting the M-Pesa platform with a focus on the SAS Anti-Money Laundering solution: building CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure with IaC, monitoring system health, and maintaining a secure, highly available hybrid cloud/on-prem AML environment. Core stack: Jenkins/GitLab, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible, Linux, and Python.
Reporting Line: Manager Platform Engineering
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to support the M-Pesa platform, with a strong focus on the SAS Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution. The role involves enabling platform reliability, automating deployments, and supporting the application layer to ensure seamless financial crime detection operations. You will work closely with engineering, security, and vendor teams to maintain a secure, scalable, and highly available AML platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for SAS AML and supporting application layers
- Support the enablement, configuration, and optimisation of the SAS AML platform within M-Pesa
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners (e.g., SAS, Binary) to integrate and stabilise application components
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment setup using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
- Manage cloud and on-premises hybrid environments hosting AML workloads
- Monitor system health, performance, and availability using enterprise monitoring tools
- Ensure platform compliance with regulatory, security, and financial governance standards
- Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures
- Manage releases, patches, and upgrades for the SAS AML platform
- Implement DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning and secure configuration management
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 3-7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or platform engineering
- Experience working with financial services platforms or regulated environments (preferably mobile money or banking)
- Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps)
- Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix system administration
- Knowledge of SAS platform administration (preferably SAS AML or SAS Viya)
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar)
- Understanding of networking, APIs, and enterprise integration patterns
Preferred Skills
- Experience with M-Pesa or mobile financial services platforms
- Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), fraud detection, or financial crime systems
- Experience supporting SAS solutions in production environments
- Exposure to microservices and event-driven architectures
- Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Experience with database platforms (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SAS data environments)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
- Ability to work under pressure in mission-critical environments
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
- Attention to detail and commitment to system reliability and security
- Continuous improvement mindset and automation-first approach
Skills
- Ansible
- API
- Automation
- AWS
- Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Bash
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Containerization
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- Docker
- Event Driven Architecture
- GCP
- GitLab
- Grafana
- Infrastructure as Code
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Microservices
- Networking
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- PowerShell
- Prometheus
- Python
- Root Cause Analysis
- SAS
- Splunk
- Stakeholder Management
- Terraform
- Unix
- Vulnerability Scanning