DevOps Engineer (Manager/Senior Manager)

Role Snapshot

Location: Lagos, Nigeria or Accra, Ghana
Department: TEC – Technology
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Work arrangement: Hybrid (2 days in the office, 3 days remote)

Our Mission

We are a technology company that provides electrical grid management software and related network analytics solutions for utilities across Africa. Beacon Power Services was founded with a bold mission to expand access to reliable electricity for over 400 million people living in Africa's cities and a vision to lead Africa's power sector through data and innovation.

How You'll Make an Impact

We are looking for a strategic and execution-focused DevOps Engineer (Manager/Senior Manager) to define and scale the infrastructure strategy that powers our software platforms.

You will lead the evolution of our cloud architecture, DevSecOps practices, and operational resilience model across the organization. This role goes beyond pipeline management, you will establish standards, build scalable platform capabilities, and ensure our infrastructure enables rapid product innovation while maintaining enterprise-grade security, reliability, and compliance.

You will be accountable for infrastructure strategy, platform performance, reliability engineering, cost governance, and incident management maturity across environments.

What You'll Do

Infrastructure Strategy & Platform Leadership

• Define and own the cloud and infrastructure strategy aligned with company growth and product scalability objectives
• Architect resilient, secure, and cost-efficient multi-environment cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Establish and enforce infrastructure standards, governance models, and best practices across teams
• Lead capacity planning, disaster recovery strategy, and business continuity planning
• Drive cloud cost optimization

DevOps & Platform Engineering Excellence

• Build and scale CI/CD frameworks that enable reliable, secure, and high-frequency releases
• Institutionalize Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and GitOps practices across teams
• Establish platform engineering capabilities to improve developer productivity and reduce operational friction
• Drive automation strategy to eliminate manual processes and increase deployment confidence
• Define and monitor DevOps maturity metrics across the organization

Reliability, Observability & Operational Resilience

• Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to improve uptime, performance, and scalability
• Define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Oversee monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Lead major incident response processes and post-incident reviews
• Drive root cause analysis discipline and continuous reliability improvement

Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)

• Embed security-by-design principles across infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Partner with Cybersecurity leadership on vulnerability management and risk mitigation
• Establish robust access control, secrets management, and compliance frameworks
• Ensure infrastructure meets regulatory and industry standards

Managerial Responsibilities

• Define and own the annual operating plan for the function, including workforce and financial planning
• Manage and optimize departmental budgets
• Make strategic resource allocation decisions
• Build, scale, and structure teams to support long-term capability development
• Establish performance frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development pathways
• Ensure governance, risk management, and operational maturity across the function
• Drive the creation of standardized, scalable systems that enable consistent execution across regions

What We're Looking For

Professional & Technical Strengths

• Strong experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
• Proven experience defining infrastructure strategy in high-growth or enterprise environments
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
• Extensive experience designing and scaling CI/CD frameworks
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, observability, and operational excellence
• Experience managing cloud cost optimization initiatives

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths

• Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams
• High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)
• Systems thinker capable of balancing speed, reliability, security, and cost at scale
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Product Management
• Ability to lead high-severity incident response, coordinating cross-functional teams to restore service quickly and drive structured post-incident resolution
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for organizational-level outcomes

Nice to Have

• Experience with database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Familiarity with microservices architecture
• Experience in energy, utilities, or critical infrastructure
• Relevant certifications (Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Proficiency in French

What the Recruitment Process Looks Like

• Step 1 - Application Review: Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application to evaluate your experience, qualifications, and overall suitability for the role.
• Step 2 - Behavioral & Cognitive Assessments: If selected to move forward, you will complete behavioral and cognitive assessments. These help us better understand your working style and ensure alignment with the role requirements and BPS’s culture.
• Step 3 - Technical Assessments: If you progress to this stage, you will complete technical assessments designed to evaluate your problem-solving approach and the key technical skills required for the role.
• Step 4 - HR & Culture Fit Interview: At this stage, you will meet with our Talent Acquisition team to discuss your background, motivations, and potential fit within the
• Step 5 - Technical Excellence Interview: In the final stage, you will interview with the Hiring team to further assess your technical expertise and overall fit for the role, and to ensure alignment on expectations from both sides.