[Hiring] DevOps Team Lead @FundCount Group Ltd.

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Team Leader to lead our team of engineers, take ownership of our infrastructure, and help us elevate our CI/CD and automation processes to the next level. If you thrive on complex challenges, know how to inspire a team, and possess deep expertise in AWS, we would love to hear from you.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management:
  • Manage a team of DevOps engineers (assigning tasks, tracking execution, conducting reviews).
  • Develop the technical and soft skills of your team members, conduct 1-on-1s, and create development plans.
  • Optimize and build efficient workflows within the team (Agile, Kanban/Scrum).
  • Coordinate and maintain the rotation for monitoring critical infrastructure alerts, ensuring duties are distributed fairly and evenly across the team, including yourself.
  • Develop and implement the DevOps methodology, GitOps strategy, and infrastructure roadmap.
  • Maintain close communication with Development, QA, PMs, and other stakeholders.
• Technical & Architectural:
  • Develop and maintain pipelines for building, testing, and deploying applications (preferably GitLab CI / Jenkins).
  • Manage infrastructure and configurations using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation.
  • Writing Dockerfiles, building images, and orchestrating containers using Docker, Docker Compose. Experience with Kubernetes is a big advantage.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging system (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, AWS CloudWatch).
  • Ensure the reliability (SLA/SLO), fault tolerance, and security of the infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Senior DevOps (with mentoring responsibilities) leading a team of 3+ engineers.
• Total of 7+ years of experience in DevOps.
• Excellent knowledge of key AWS services including:
  • Compute & Network: EC2, VPC, Route 53, ELB/ALB.
  • Containers: EKS, ECS, ECR.
  • Storage & DB: S3, EFS, RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL), DynamoDB.
  • Management & Security: IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager.
• Understanding of networking principles (routing, VLANs, VPNs).
• Proven experience building and supporting complex CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
• Strong knowledge of Terraform; experience with Ansible/Puppet/Chef.
• Deep knowledge of Docker (architecture, deployment, administration).
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki/ELK stack.
• Excellent Linux and Windows knowledge; proficient in scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Strong communication, systems thinking, and a proactive attitude.

Requirements

• Located in a time zone between UTC+1 and UTC+4 for effective team synchronization.

What Will Be a Big Plus (Nice-to-Haves)

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional).
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with hybrid-cloud Kubernetes installations.
• Experience with other cloud providers (Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Microsoft services: Azure cloud, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Entra ID, Intune, Exchange, Teams, Defender for Identities, Purview, policies and best practices.
• Knowledge of requirements and experience with SOC2 (or other certifications like ISO/IEC 27001 or HIPAA).

Benefits

• A competitive salary (discussed based on interview results).
• Remote 5/2 (Monday-Friday) work schedule.