DevOps Engineer (Systems-Focused)
Betternship Recruitment Agency
Job Overview
Location
Remote
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Arrangement
Remote
Sector
Information Technology & Software
Experience Level
Senior (5-8 years)
Application Deadline
May 27, 2026
About the Company
Betternship is a recruitment agency dedicated to connecting top talent with leading companies. They specialize in identifying and sourcing skilled professionals across various industries, particularly within the technology sector.
Their focus is on understanding the intricate needs of both employers and candidates to facilitate successful and long-term placements. Betternship aims to streamline the hiring process, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness for all parties involved.
Job Description
Our client is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with a profound understanding of systems and networking fundamentals to join their remote team in Nigeria. This role emphasizes deep dives into system behavior, traffic routing, and debugging across the entire request lifecycle, moving beyond standard CI/CD pipeline management.
You will be instrumental in designing and maintaining highly available systems with minimal downtime, optimizing traffic flow using tools like Nginx, and resolving complex production issues. The ideal candidate possesses a strong grasp of database performance tuning for MySQL/PostgreSQL and excels in observability and debugging under pressure.
This position is perfect for an engineer who thrives on understanding the 'why' behind system operations and can solve problems using first principles, rather than solely relying on orchestration tools. If you have a background in fintech, gaming, or high-traffic environments and a passion for robust system architecture, we encourage you to apply.
To apply for this role, click the Apply button on this page and follow the instructions.
Required Skills
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain highly available systems with zero or minimal downtime
- Manage and optimize traffic routing using reverse proxies (e.g. Nginx)
- Diagnose and resolve production issues across the full request lifecycle (frontend → backend → database)
- Implement deployment strategies that avoid service disruption without relying solely on orchestration tools
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify bottlenecks
- Investigate and resolve database performance issues (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve system reliability and performance
- Handle incident response and root cause analysis in production environments
Qualifications
- Strong Systems & Networking Fundamentals
- Deep understanding of how web requests flow across systems
- Hands-on experience with reverse proxies like Nginx (routing, proxying, load balancing)
- Solid grasp of DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and network-level debugging
- Experience implementing zero-downtime or low-downtime deployments
- Ability to design solutions using existing infrastructure (e.g. multiple instances, traffic shifting)
- Understanding of rolling updates or blue-green deployments without relying entirely on Kubernetes
- Ability to understand backend services (APIs, request handling, service communication)
- Experience working with or supporting backend systems (Node.js, Java, Python, etc.)
- Strong working knowledge of MySQL or PostgreSQL
- Ability to identify long-running queries, debug performance issues, and understand indexing and query optimization basics
- Familiarity with query inspection and process monitoring
- Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)
- Ability to debug real production issues, not just set up dashboards
- Strong problem-solving approach under pressure
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes (not solely dependent on them)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Experience in fintech, gaming, or high-traffic environments
- Exposure to security best practices (WAF, IAM, etc.)
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<p>The Nigerian tech landscape is experiencing rapid growth, particularly in high-traffic environments. This role is crucial for ensuring the robust performance and reliability of critical systems. You will leverage deep expertise in system internals, network debugging, and traffic routing to maintain high availability. Key technical keywords include: API integrations, Nginx configuration, MySQL/PostgreSQL optimization, and incident response. Your impact will directly influence business ROI by minimizing downtime and enhancing system efficiency, signaling a senior-level contribution to organizational stability and scalability.</p>
Posted Date
May 13, 2026
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