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Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Nairobi, Nairobi City💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Ensure availability and performance of self-hosted and Azure infrastructure for an HR/payroll platform, acting as a technical lead and mentor.

Role type

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Builds

Self-hosted infrastructure, Azure services, and hosted services for employer-services organizations

Domain

HR/Payroll SaaS, Hybrid Cloud (On-prem + Azure)

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Linux, Windows, database administration, networking, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Docker, container infrastructure, VMware, cloud infrastructure, scripting, SaaS platform design

Preferred skills

SOC 2 experience, RHCSA/RHCE, MCSA/MCSE, CCNA

Responsibilities

Ensure availability and performance across hosting services, design and support new hosted services, automate manual work, enforce compliance standards, evolve configuration management, diagnose full-stack problems end to end, own topology documentation, build and test disaster recovery, act as technical lead and mentor

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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