Velorix Nigeria is hiring a remote GCP Platform Engineer at up to ₦1 million per month. The scope is infrastructure ownership, not a maintenance function. This is a full-time role for a Nigerian cloud engineer who builds production systems, not someone who monitors them.
About Velorix
Velorix Nigeria Ltd runs a portfolio of health and wellness brands. Their products reach individuals, clinics, and pharmacy partners across Nigeria. The company is building out its technical infrastructure and needs someone to own the cloud layer that supports it. Founding date, team size, and engineering org structure are not disclosed in the listing.
What the Role Involves
The full job description goes significantly beyond the short listing summary. Here is the complete scope:
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable infrastructure on GCP GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud SQL
- Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab from code linting and security scanning through to multi-environment deployments.
- Write and manage production Terraform reusable modules and state management across multiple environments.
- Architect secure VPCs; manage IAM on the principle of least privilege; and configure hybrid connectivity, firewalls, and VPN routing.
- Write automation scripts and internal tooling in Python or Bash for operational tasks outside standard IaC.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging using GCP Operations Suite, Prometheus, or Grafana.
- Conduct architecture reviews and mentor peers on cloud best practices.
The listing implies broad ownership. Expect to make architectural decisions without a playbook handed to you.
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What They Want
Must Have:
- Deep, hands-on GCP expertise: Compute Engine, GKE and Kubernetes, VPC networking, Cloud Storage, IAM
- Production-grade Terraform: module creation, state management, multi-environment deployments
- GitLab proficiency: source control and complex multi-stage automated pipelines
- Solid networking fundamentals: DNS, TCP/IP, subnets, routing, secure network configuration
- Python or Go proficiency for infrastructure scripting, API interactions, and automation
- Strong troubleshooting ability in distributed systems
- Reliable, high-speed internet connection
Nice to Have:
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification
- FinOps and cloud cost-optimisation experience
- Site Reliability Engineering background
Minimum years of experience are not stated. The language used, “deep expertise,” “proven experience," and “production-grade,” signals mid-to-senior level. Apply confidently with 3+ years of hands-on GCP production work.
Salary: ₦500,000–₦1,000,000 per Month
The range is ₦500,000–₦1,000,000 monthly. For a remote role in Nigeria, this sits at the upper end of domestic cloud engineering compensation. Cloud architects in Nigeria typically earn ₦15–25 million annually. The upper end of this range competes with that figure.
Where you land in the band will depend on your Terraform production depth and GCP architecture scope. Come with specifics.
Benefits beyond base salary are not disclosed. Clarify HMO, pension contributions, and equipment support before accepting any offer.
Contract and Logistics
- Job type: Full-Time
- Location: Fully Remote
- Flexible working hours
- Asynchronous communication across time zones is required**.**
- Payment method: not disclosed.
Is This Open to Nigerians?
Yes. Velorix Nigeria Ltd is a Nigerian-registered company. The salary is naira-denominated. The role is fully remote with no location restriction beyond internet access.
How to Apply
- Go to velorix.careers-page.com
- Find the GCP Platform Engineer listing.
- Lead your CV with specific GCP services; name the projects, the scale, and the production context.
- Show Terraform in practice: module structure, state management, and multi-environment deployments.
- Include Python or Go work; even internal tooling counts.
- Submit through the careers page.
No deadline is listed. Rolling listings at smaller companies close without notice. Apply now.
Who this is for: A Nigerian cloud or DevOps engineer with production GCP depth who wants to own infrastructure decisions, not execute them. The Python or Go requirement rules out pure infrastructure engineers with no scripting background.
Who should hold off: Engineers whose GCP experience sits in managed services with no Kubernetes or VPC architecture work. “Deep expertise” in this listing means you have broken production and fixed it.
One tip: List outcomes, not tools. “Restructured GitLab pipeline to cut deployment time from 45 to 12 minutes” gets read. “Proficient in GitLab CI/CD” does not. One quantified win in the first third of your CV changes your application.
Salary verdict: ₦750,000/month at midpoint is fair for a senior Nigerian remote cloud role. The upper end requires a demonstrable senior architecture scope to justify. If you have it, push for it.
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