Senior DevOps Engineer
First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026.
About CRDB Bank PLC
CRDB Bank PLC is one of Tanzania’s leading financial institutions in terms of assets, loans and advances, and customer deposits. The Bank provides a wide range of financial services and continues to invest in technology, digital transformation and modern banking infrastructure.
Position: Senior DevOps Engineer
Job PurposeThe Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for operating and improving CRDB Bank’s Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) platform. The role focuses on delivering reusable templates, service onboarding, release automation, secure secrets retrieval patterns, DevSecOps controls and reliable self-service delivery workflows.
Key ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will:
- Measure and resolve bottlenecks affecting priority CI/CD runners, queues and pipelines.
- Review production pipelines and identify gaps in production readiness, promotion and rollback controls.
- Develop reusable promotion and rollback templates for priority services and integration pipelines.
- Implement secure secrets retrieval patterns and support migration of secrets from configuration files into approved tools.
- Pilot and implement automated evidence capture, policy gates and governance control integrations.
- Migrate priority services and integration pipelines to approved templates and release standards.
- Optimise CI/CD capacity, runner utilisation, pipeline reliability and deployment rollout controls.
- Eliminate manual-release exceptions, document handover procedures and support adoption of standard workflows across technology squads.
- Maintain shared pipelines to ensure they remain reliable, secure, efficient and aligned with emerging service patterns.
- Ensure pipeline definitions, scripts, templates and automation assets are version-controlled, reviewed and properly documented.
- Support delivery teams during software releases, service onboarding and production deployment improvements.
Applicants must possess:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline from a recognised university.
Candidates must have:
- At least three (3) years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD engineering, software release engineering, scripting or platform operations.
- Experience developing and supporting CI/CD pipelines, deployment templates, release automation, DevSecOps controls and production delivery workflows.
Certifications in the following areas will be an added advantage:
- DevOps.
- GitLab or Jenkins.
- Kubernetes.
- Linux.
- Cloud technologies.
- Secure software delivery.
Applicants should demonstrate knowledge of:
- Git and GitLab.
- CI/CD runners and pipeline management.
- Deployment automation.
- Docker and Kubernetes.
- Secrets management.
- DevSecOps tools and practices.
- Software release controls and rollback patterns.
- Pipeline troubleshooting and delivery evidence management.
- Scripting and Linux administration.
- Application runtime dependencies.
CRDB Bank is committed to sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The Bank encourages applications from candidates who share this commitment. The Bank also promotes an inclusive workplace and encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.
Important Application Notice- CRDB Bank does not charge any fees for job applications or recruitment.
- Applicants should disregard any requests for payment.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications online through the official CRDB Bank careers portal.
Deadline22 November 2026
Applicants are advised to complete their applications and submit all required information before the closing date.