The Team Lead, IT Infrastructure will lead and supervise the Infrastructure and DevOps unit, ensuring high availability, security, performance, and compliance across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. This role plays a critical part in DevOps adoption, automation, system reliability, and regulatory compliance.

Reports to: Head, IT

Industry: FinTech / Financial Services

Alert Group—with subsidiaries across Microfinance Banking, SME Lending, Renewable Energy, and Asset Management—is seeking a hands-on Team Lead, IT Infrastructure to drive reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure supporting our digital banking and financial services platforms.

-Lead, mentor, and supervise the IT Infrastructure team (DevOps/Cloud & System/Network Engineers)
-Design, deploy, and manage on-prem, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
-Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
-Administer and secure servers, networks, virtualization (VMware/HyperV), Active Directory & IAM
-Manage Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) workloads
-Ensure 99.9%+ uptime, monitoring, incident management, and disaster recovery.
-Enforce security, compliance, and risk controls (CBN, NDIC, ISO 27001)
-Lead infrastructure projects, vendor management, and cost optimization

-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field
-6+ years in IT Infrastructure, with 1+ year in a supervisory role
-Strong experience in FinTech, Banking, Microfinance, or regulated environments
Hands-on expertise in:
-Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
-Docker, Kubernetes
-CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
-IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Solid knowledge of Linux administration, networking, load balancing, DNS, firewalls, and virtualization.

📩 How to Apply:
Send your CV to career@alertgroup.com.ng
Subject: Team Lead – IT Infrastructure