Tech Tribe Lead at Safaricom Kenya

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects.Summary Reporting to the Tribe Lead the role holder is the Senior IT expert leading the engineering craft, capacity management, coordination, and technology roadmap delivery of all technology related work within the Tribe. The lead provides leadership to all senior IT professionals and. This role provides technical expertise within their business domain, including management of engineering competences needed to deliver & support business solutions efficiently.He/ She will drive engineering practices, tooling, and craft towards best-in-class DevOps; ensure tech dependencies across squads and tribes are visible and squads own coordination of their work. They should be % dedicated role to lead engineering competency & practices within a Tribe, and to support the Tribe Lead in realization of business objectives (whether dual-hat or not)Responsibilities: Participate in planning, definition and high-level design of solutions; explore software solution alternatives, assist Squads to identify the right technologies and ensure sound architectural decisionsWork with CL and / or squad members to ensure support model is considered and modelled as part of the design processSupport squads in adhering to architecture & engineering governance and control processes Drive Engineering (DevOps) maturity Drive an engineering culture of continuous improvement (CI) based on data, e.g. IT Performance metrics.Manage cross-tribe technological interdependenciesSupport squads during release preparation and planningEnsure technical debt and associated impacts are visible to the tribe. Manage expectations of all stakeholders, especially Management Exco and TL peers / equivalentsDevelop people & craft. Determine the necessary technology competencies for Squads together with the Tribe Lead, TO and IT Chapter LeadsSupport the embedding of IT performance metrics to help squad members understand how they drive overall tribe performanceDrive architecture, competences, and tooling to enable Cl/CD QUALIFICATIONS University Degree in computer science or engineeringCloud Computing Training and CertificationDatabase Management Training and CertificationDevOps Tools (Infrastructure Automation e.g Terraform, CI/CD – e.g Jenkins)Project Management Training7 years in a Technology environment focusing in operational excellence.4 years in a management positionLeadership and coaching skillsKnowledge of Linux and Unix Systems including Shell.Knowledge and use of config management systems like ChefHave strong programming skillsHave experience with Nginx, HAProxy, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar technologiesAbility to use GitLab