DevOps Team Lead

Techstreet Malaysia; Kampung Malaysia Tambahan; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Techstreet Malaysia seeks a DevOps Lead to own cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform reliability. You will drive AWS-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies while shaping the engineering roadmap.

You will mentor a small DevOps team, collaborate with software engineers, and ensure security, monitoring, and disaster recovery across production. Strong hands-on AWS, IaC, Docker/ECS, scripting, and leadership are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps or cloud infra with team leadership.
• Strong hands-on AWS, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) and containers.
• Proven CI/CD pipeline development and deployment automation.
• Scripting skills in Python/Bash/Node.js and automation mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implement and optimise scalable AWS cloud infra.
• Drive CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Champion platform reliability, security, monitoring and DR.
• Collaborate with Software teams to improve delivery and ops.
• Mentor a small DevOps team and contribute hands-on.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

ECS

Python

Automation

Leadership

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

ECS

CI/CD Tools

Job description

We're partnering with an innovative technology company that's expanding its engineering function and looking for a DevOps Lead to drive cloud infrastructure, automation, platform reliability, and DevOps best practices. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of the DevOps function and influence the company's engineering roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and optimisation of scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Drive DevOps best practices by building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation and deployment strategies.
• Champion platform reliability, security, monitoring and disaster recovery across production environments.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineering teams to improve delivery, release management and operational excellence.
• Mentor and guide a small DevOps team while contributing hands‑on to technical solutions.

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 8 years of DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure experience, with experience leading technical teams.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with AWS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and container technologies (Docker/ECS).
• Proven experience building and maintaining modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or Node.js, with an automation-first mindset.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as Financial Services, FinTech or other security‑focused industries will be an added advantage.