Assistant Manager, DevOps

Pixlr Group; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 167,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leaves

Medical Coverage

Insurance Coverage

Optical & Dental Subsidies

Training & Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Pixlr Group is seeking an Assistant Manager, DevOps to lead cloud infrastructure and DevOps operations, overseeing deployments across AWS and container platforms. You will guide a skilled team toward operational excellence and ensure performance, security, and scalability.

The role covers CI/CD leadership, IaC automation with Terraform/Ansible, monitoring and observability, security governance, and cross‑functional collaboration with software engineering, QA, product, and operations.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years hands-on DevOps experience in cloud-native or SaaS environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (EKS/ECS), and IaC with Terraform/Ansible.
• Proven ability to design and manage CI/CD pipelines in modern cloud environments.
• Excellent knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines for efficient code integration, testing, and deployment.
• Oversee infrastructure automation and cloud platform management using IaC tools and AWS.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure high platform availability.
• Integrate security best practices into deployment pipelines and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with software engineering, QA, product, and operations to deliver reliable infrastructure.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and establish deployment workflows and documentation.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Mentoring

Collaboration

Monitoring & observability

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS)

AWS

Job description

Join us as an Assistant Manager, DevOps and lead our cloud infrastructure and DevOps operations. Oversee cloud environments to ensure performance, security, and scalability, while guiding a skilled team toward operational excellence.

The Job:

1. DevOps Architecture & CI/CD Leadership

• Lead the design and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines to support efficient code integration, testing, and deployment.
• Define best practices for automated build, release, and deployment processes across development teams.
• Oversee reliable code delivery across development, staging, and production environments.

2. Infrastructure Automation & Cloud Platform Management

• Lead infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Manage and optimise cloud infrastructure across AWS environments and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes – EKS/ECS).
• Continuously improve infrastructure architecture, scalability, and automation practices.

3. Monitoring, Reliability & Performance Optimisation

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high platform availability and operational visibility.
• Drive performance optimisation across applications and infrastructure to support scalable SaaS environments.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex infrastructure, deployment, and performance issues.

4. Security & Operational Governance

• Integrate security best practices into infrastructure design and deployment pipelines.
• Ensure infrastructure and deployment processes align with security and compliance requirements.
• Support security reviews, audits, and operational risk mitigation.

5. Cross-Functional Engineering Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with software engineering, QA, product, and operations teams to deliver reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Provide DevOps expertise during system architecture discussions and technical planning.
• Promote DevOps best practices across engineering teams.
  

6. DevOps Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

• Mentor DevOps engineers and support their technical development.
• Establish standards for infrastructure documentation, deployment workflows, and operational processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and platform operations.

The Person:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6–9 years of hands‑on DevOps experience, preferably in cloud-native or SaaS environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (Kubernetes – EKS/ECS), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent).
• Proven experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines in modern cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tools for distributed systems.
• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure, container platforms, and deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Ability to lead DevOps initiatives and mentor engineers while remaining hands‑on technically.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams.

• Annual Leaves- Additional annual leave will be credited to you on a yearly basis.
• Medical and Insurance Coverages - We have got you covered.
• Subsidies - Enhancing your well-being, we offer optical and dental subsidies.
• Opportunities - Above training and guidance, you will have the opportunity to try, to build your confidence and become your best self, and to interact and build a strong relationship.
• Rocking Diversity- Play hard, work harder with people of diverse skill sets and experiences! Challange yourself to step out of your comfort zone, and you'll find yourself growing in way you'd never imagine.