DevOps Lead (Azure)

Evolution Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolution Singapore seeks a hands-on DevOps/Cloud Platform Lead to drive cloud infrastructure engineering, automation, and delivery excellence while remaining actively involved in engineering.

You will lead an Azure-focused team, design scalable Terraform IaC, and build robust CI/CD pipelines, guiding security, networking, and reliability in regulated environments. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related fields.
• Strong hands-on Azure expertise with leadership experience.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Proficient in Terraform, IaC, and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a DevOps/Cloud Engineering team, setting priorities and accelerating delivery.
• Design, build, and optimize Microsoft Azure infrastructure using Terraform and IaC.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for provisioning and release processes.
• Provide Azure solution architecture guidance to engineering teams on cloud services and deployment.
• Establish cloud engineering standards across Azure services, IAM, networking, security, and monitoring.
• Drive DevSecOps by integrating security controls into pipelines and tooling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align priorities and remove delivery bottlenecks.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

IaC

Leadership

Delivery management

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Azure networking

Tools

Terraform

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps / Cloud Platform Lead to drive cloud infrastructure engineering, automation, and delivery excellence. This role requires a strong technical leader who can improve team performance, accelerate delivery, and provide architectural direction while remaining actively involved in engineering.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a DevOps / Cloud Engineering team, setting clear priorities, driving execution, improving team performance, and accelerating delivery.
• Design, build, and optimize Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to ensure scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines, streamlining infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, and release processes.
• Provide Azure solution architecture guidance, advising engineering teams on cloud service selection, infrastructure design, networking, security, and application deployment.
• Establish cloud engineering standards and best practices across Azure core services, identity and access management, networking, security, and monitoring.
• Drive DevSecOps practices by integrating security controls, vulnerability scanning, and compliance requirements into infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders to align technical priorities, remove delivery bottlenecks, and improve overall engineering productivity.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related fields, with strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure.
• Proven team leadership and delivery management experience, with demonstrated success in improving execution speed, engineering productivity, and team performance.
• Experience working in financial services or related regulated environments.
• Strong expertise in Terraform, IaC, and CI/CD automation, including reusable infrastructure modules and multi-environment management.
• Solid understanding of Azure networking, core cloud services, identity and access management, and infrastructure security.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, automated security scanning, infrastructure monitoring, and production reliability.
• A proactive, hands-on leadership style with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.