DevOps and System Admin Consultant – Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
About the Role
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a DevOps and System Admin Consultant to support the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) in strengthening its electronic regulatory information system (eRIS). This role is critical to ensuring infrastructure reliability, security, performance, and compliance across mission‑critical systems operating in on‑premises, private data centers, and cloud environments.
Key Objectives
- Infrastructure Management: Administer and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud systems for high reliability.
- DevOps Integration: Implement automation, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- System Optimization: Lead service identification, datacenter/cloud migrations, and cost‑efficiency initiatives.
- Security & Compliance: Enforce security protocols, backups, and disaster‑recovery plans aligned with regulatory standards.
- Monitoring & Support: Use continuous monitoring tools to improve availability and proactively resolve issues.
- Sustainability & Collaboration: Document systems, transfer knowledge, and collaborate with development teams for long‑term stability.
Responsibilities
- Design, operate, and optimize IT infrastructure across multiple environments.
- Administer servers, operating systems, networks, and cloud platforms.
- Lead cloud and data center migration projects.
- Support Infrastructure as Code adoption.
- Conduct performance tuning, service mapping, and decommission redundant services.
- Implement strict security controls and ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
- Manage backups, disaster recovery, and resilience planning.
- Produce technical documentation (architecture diagrams, SOPs, runbooks).
- Provide training and structured knowledge transfer to internal IT teams.
- Execute ad‑hoc tasks as assigned by the Technical Working Group (TWG).
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in DevOps, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering.
- Expertise in Linux/Unix systems, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and IaC tools.
- Strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, security, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Proven ability to produce technical documentation and migration plans.
- Professional certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure, RHCSA/RHCE) are an advantage.
- Prior experience with eRIS, government, public‑sector, health, or regulated environments is highly desirable.
Position Details
- Company: Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Onsite)
- Employment Type: Full‑time
- Application Link: Apply Here
- Salary: Not disclosed
Equal Opportunity Statement
MSH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable laws.