Software Implementation Engineer – Jobs in Windhoek

Our client, an innovative AI and digital twin technology company, is looking for a Software Implementation Engineer to join their growing team. The role has a dual focus: owning the end-to-end deployment of their customer-hosted software component into client environments (cloud and on-premises) and contributing to their internal backend and deployment architecture. The ideal candidate is comfortable engaging directly with customer technical stakeholders, has strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and CI/CD pipelines, and is proficient across at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Linux administration, networking, and security practices are also key requirements.

Requirements:

·        Bachelor’s in computer science, or equivalent infrastructure and training/experience

·        Cloud certification with at least one cloud provider

·        Ability to engage confidently and professionally with customer technical stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor throughout implementation and deployment activities

·        Proficient with Docker, including multi-stage builds, image optimization, Docker Compose, and Docker Swarm.

·        Experience deploying and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, including cluster configuration, workload deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

·        Strong experience with MongoDB, including setup, configuration, indexing strategies, and aggregation pipelines. Knowledge of MongoDB Atlas and self-managed, deployments is required.

·        Solid understanding of RESTful API design, including proper use of HTTP methods, status codes, validation, and error handling.

·        Hands-on experience implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms such as NextAuth/Auth.js, OAuth 2.0, JWTs, and session-based authentication.

·        Skilled in designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools for automated builds, testing, and deployments.

·        Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

·        Strong understanding of cloud architecture concepts including multi-region deployments, load balancing, VPCs, networking (VPC peering, subnets, firewalls), containerized workloads, serverless deployments (e.g., Cloud Run, ECS, Container Apps), and container registries.

·        Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform to enable automated, repeatable, and version-controlled provisioning of cloud and network resources.

·        Certifications in AWS, GCP, or Azure are beneficial and demonstrate verified cloud expertise

·        Strong hands-on experience with Linux and Windows environments, including server administration for applications and containerized deployments.

·        Comfortable working extensively in a terminal and performing troubleshooting and configuration tasks in both OS environments.

·        Experience configuring and managing firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, SSL certificates, and storage/shared volumes for internal and customer-hosted deployments.

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