Company Description
Hi! We’re so happy that you’re here.
Think-it is a software engineering collective on a mission to unlock human potential through sustainable use of technology. Our high-performance, low-carbon solutions help innovative teams around the world lower costs, democratize data, and reach net-zero faster.
With a focus on digital transformation, smart infrastructure, and the UN SDGs, we tackle meaningful problems that can only be solved with future-proof technology. Our team includes experts in DevOps and Cloud, Data Science and Data Engineering, and Web and Mobile Development.
Founded in 2017, Think-it is home to a diverse community of changemakers we represent 8+ nationalities, and 40% of us are women. We’re proud to be backed by mission-aligned partners, and our goals are people- and planet-centric.
Job Description
The Challenge
We believe that technology is most powerful when it's used to build real solutions to the ways we live, move, eat, and work on this planet. Our cross-discipline teams tackle big and diverse challenges with partners around the world, and no two projects are alike - and as a certified AWS partner we're proactively building cloud-based data infrastructures and cloud-native applications that scale and serve millions of users around the globe.
In 2021 we want to strengthen our expertise across cloud management and automation, Containers and Serverless and other use cases and build the strongest DevOps team across the African continent and we'd love you to drive that chapter with us.
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience working within the AWS ecosystem, designing, implementing, and monitoring cloud infrastructure as well as building CI/CD pipelines and anything it takes to solve problems and delight users both internally and externally for our partner projects.
80%: Your key responsibilities
- Build complex cloud-native architectures and solutions that are reliable, performant and scalable and satisfy user requirements and objectives.
- Monitor and optimize infrastructure management with Infrastructure as Code
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to support collaboration between different teams
- Build technical documentation for partner projects, and contribute to Think-it's internal knowledge and codebases
- Support our social impact learning programs and internal Learning amp; Development by coaching up-and-coming engineers on your areas of expertise
- Mentor and support junior DevOps engineers in their partner projects, learning goals, and performance assessment processes
20%: Up to you! What are you passionate about? What do you want to learn, and where else would you like to contribute?
Requirements
Qualifications
What we’re looking for
- 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer, including experience designing and implementing complex application architectures with reliability, high-availability, performance, and scalability
- Strong focus on DevOps and Cloud, including relevant experience working within the AWS ecosystem
- Experience with architecting infrastructures using Infrastructures as a code like terraform.
- Professional proficiency in either Python or Go (or the willingness to learn it quickly)
- Experience in Kubernetes and Docker or other container platforms
- Experience in debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Agile Software Development Techniques, Tools, and TDD
- Professional written and verbal fluency in English
Who you are
- You are self-motivated. You take initiative, are naturally curious, and can learn new things quickly while continuing to deliver value on the job.
- You are a shipper. You respect deadlines, accomplish your work autonomously, and have experience setting a positive example for self-management to your team members.
- You are people-centric. You have the ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts, and enjoy helping others grow.
- You are embracing a DevOps mindset and want to bring this to our partners and the tech community in Tunis.
It would be great if you also have:
- B.Sc or M.Sc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
- Experience organizing workshops, bootcamps, developer groups, or forums
- Experience working with other cloud services providers (GCP or Azure)
- Experience coaching junior developers in a structured or unstructured setting
- Experience working with international and/or distributed teams in a fast-paced enviro