Introduction to the position
Enakl builds the digital infrastructure for shared commuting in African cities. Our platform handles 30K+ monthly bookings across B2B and consumer segments, with clear trajectory toward multi-tenant SaaS architecture.
Your role
We're hiring a senior cloud & 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
- IaC: Terraform modules with S3 state management
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions pipelines
- Team: Small experienced engineering team (you'll be the cloud & 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)
- IaC maturity (modular Terraform, testing, documentation)
Your team
We're a lean, senior team building production systems that scale. You'll have end-to-end ownership of our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices — from security to cost optimization to developer tooling.
You'll thrive if you value:
- Security-first engineering – every change considers risk and operational resilience
- Developer enablement – empowering the team with reliable tooling and automation
- Cost consciousness – balancing performance with efficiency
- Simplicity over complexity – elegant solutions that last
- Infrastructure as Code – everything versioned, tested, reproducible
Your qualifications
### Required
- 5+ years in cloud engineering / DevOps with AWS focus
- Expert AWS skills (VPC, RDS, EC2, Lambda, Route53, CloudWatch, IAM)
- Infrastructure as Code with 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/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)
Benefits
- Own the cloud & DevOps foundation of a platform serving 30K+ monthly bookings
- Lead the transition from single-tenant → multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- Join a senior engineering team that values autonomy and engineering craft
- Shape our AWS infrastructure for enterprise scale, security, and resilience