DevOps Lead (Global Fintech)
Lead a 6-engineer team transitioning into a dedicated Cloud Platform function at a global fintech infrastructure company in Singapore. The role blends people leadership with hands-on work across AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, owning the platform roadmap, reliability, security, FinOps, and self-service tooling.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and observability, including complex architectures at scale
- Prior experience managing engineers and driving cross-team collaboration
- Strong systems and cloud fundamentals with sharp troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Experience with networking and databases (Postgres, Redshift), plus scripted automation and internal tooling
- Exposure to regulated and/or audited environments (PCI-DSS, SOC2, ISO27001)
Full description
About the Company
Our client is a global fintech infrastructure player powering customer engagement programs for major banks, and other customer-first industries globally. With a footprint spanning 20+ cities, they're hiring a DevOps Lead to head up their team's evolution into a dedicated Cloud Platform function.
Role & Responsibilities
Lead a team of 6 engineers as it transitions into a Cloud Platform organization. This role blends people leadership with hands‑on technical depth across Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.
- Own and refine the cloud platform roadmap based on stakeholder input and technical vision
- Design and evolve the platform with a bias toward self-service and paved-road tooling
- Champion a "you build it, you own it" culture through guardrails, tooling, and observability
- Ensure platform reliability, security, and quality across infrastructure, code, and documentation
- Drive improvements in scalability, automation, performance, CI/CD, and self-service
- Balance cost optimization (FinOps) against reliability, velocity, and performance
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and observability, including complex architectures at scale
- Prior experience managing engineers and driving cross-team collaboration
- Strong systems and cloud fundamentals with sharp troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Experience with networking and databases (Postgres, Redshift), plus scripted automation and internal tooling
- Exposure to regulated and/or audited environments (PCI-DSS, SOC2, ISO27001)
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