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Our client is a Nigerian multinational company headquartered in Lagos that creates, showcases and aggregates African contents online. Job Summary As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will take the lead in designing, deploying, maintaining, and scaling our entire infrastructure — across data centers, virtual machines, storage, networking, and orchestration layers.Key Responsibilities Design, build, and manage our self-hosted cloud infrastructure (bare metal and virtualized).Deploy and manage hypervisors (e.g. Proxmox, KVM, VMware ESXi).Set up and optimize virtual machine orchestration, storage (ZFS, Ceph, RAID), and backups.Configure and secure networking: VLANs, DNS, routing, firewall, VPNs, and load balancing.Implement high-availability systems, failover planning, and redundancy strategies.Develop automation scripts for provisioning, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery (Ansible, bash, Python, etc).Implement infrastructure monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix).Establish infrastructure policies covering security, uptime, user isolation, and resource allocation.Collaborate with technical leadership to evolve the infrastructure strategy and roadmap.Requirements4+ years of experience managing on-prem or hybrid infrastructure — not just cloud platforms.Hands-on experience with Proxmox VE, KVM, or VMware ESXi.Strong Linux administration skills (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS).In-depth knowledge of networking protocols, firewall configuration, SSL/TLS, VPN, IP addressing, and routing.Proven experience in infrastructure automation and scripting.Familiarity with RAID, ZFS, Ceph, or other scalable storage solutions.Working knowledge of monitoring and alerting systems.Ability to optimize for performance, uptime, and cost-effectiveness.Strong security awareness (DDoS prevention, port hardening, user isolation).Self-starter with strong problem-solving and documentation skills.
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