Job Description

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for creating processes as well as designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and automation tools that enable the continuous delivery and deployment of software products. We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred. 21 June 2026.Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made. One Acre Fund never asks candidate

Requirements

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

5+ years in software development and 3 years of DevOps and or system administration

Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, self-hosted), Helm, Istio

Alerting and log aggregation via ELK Stack

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD

Fluency in scripting languages like Bash, Python

Background in quality assurance and release management

Knowledge of automation tools and CI/CD pipeline management

Demonstrated knowledge in performance visibility tools

Demonstrated experience in virtualization, storage & network management, IT security, and coding & scripting

As soon as possible

Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya or JInja, Uganda and Minna, Nigeria

Responsibilities

Solution Specifications

Communicate operational requirements and development forecasts to the relevant stakeholders

Solution Analysis

Solution Development

Enforce code and other peer review processes to ensure compliance with quality and overall technical standards

Solution Maintenance

Build and maintain observability stacks (logging, monitoring, alerting).

Collaborate with development teams to optimize software delivery workflows.

Product Support

Contribute to improving processes that drive product support

Participate in on-call rotations and improve incident management processes.

People Management

Manages, or could manage, a team of 1-6 engineers

Teamwork:

Lead design sessions for CI/CD pipeline management

Mentor software and DevOps engineers on best practices and standards

Learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

Design and implement deployment processes and tooling that enable product managers and development teams to proactively identify and address delivery bottlenecks, ensuring smooth and continuous releases.

Write clear and concise specifications and documentation for the operational requirements and continuous workflow processes

Devise and implement technology frameworks to inform and capture solution analysis parameters to accelerate the overall software development process

Evaluate existing technology and infrastructure to identify gaps and opportunities, and develop strategic plans and scalable processes to drive modernization, efficiency, and future growth.

Drive the adoption of best practices in security, performance optimization, and high availability to ensure robust, scalable, and resilient systems.

Senior DevOps Engineer

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