DevOps Engineer

Location: Sri Lanka (LK)

Description

Job Description

Directeam empowers startups to scale AWS efficiently through our premier FinOps ecosystem. We combine our flagship automated savings engine, Sombrero Savings, with our latest breakthrough: a Real-Time AI FinOps Agent. As a top-tier AI-Native AWS Partner, we don’t just manage costs, we provide a strategic advantage that converts cloud waste into business runway.

Our innovation is delivering massive market impact. Our AI-backed service has already been adopted by our client base, delivering an average monthly cost reduction of over 30%. This innovation uniquely positions us as the dominant cloud optimization partner. 

We are looking for a skilled and passionate DevOps Engineer to build world-class cloud infrastructure, solve complex challenges for top-tier clients, and help scale our internal systems. As part of a fast-paced, AI-driven DevOps team, you'll have a critical impact on driving innovation and delivering pivotal solutions across large-scale environments that drive business growth.

What You'll Do:

• Design and build cloud infrastructure from the ground up, enabling high-scale, cloud-native environments that are secure, efficient, and resilient.
• Take full ownership of E2E DevOps solutions, from planning and design to deployment, delivering with speed, precision, and accountability.
• Develop a globally distributed infrastructure across multiple regions to ensure maximum uptime, scalability, and business continuity.
• Build and manage efficient CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive observability systems using tools like GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and others to ensure fast, reliable, and transparent delivery.
• Lead and support critical cloud migration initiatives and ongoing performance tuning.
• Continuously research and apply new technologies to raise the technical standard of our solutions and delivery.
• Leverage AI-powered tools and intelligent workflows to automate processes, reduce complexity, and boost productivity.
• Collaborate with teammates and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver infrastructure solutions that are reliable, high-performing, customer-centric, and strategically aligned with business objectives.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, responding to production incidents and critical alerts outside of regular business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Work in shifts that cover off-hours and weekend operations, ensuring continuous system reliability and service availability for our global customer base.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on DevOps experience in fast-paced startup environments.
• 2+ years of recent experience working with AWS in production.
• Availability and readiness for 24/7 on-call duties and shift-based scheduling, including off-hours and weekends, with a calm, focused approach to handling production incidents under pressure.
• Proven experience in Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), and observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Strong abilities in infrastructure debugging, performance tuning.
• Knowledge of working with AWS cloud API, GO, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Vast experience with IaC such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Experience working with AI-enhanced DevOps tools: Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.
• A strong ownership mindset, you make things happen, move fast, and follow through.
• Extreme reliability and accountability, both independently and within a team.
• High attention to detail, structured, and well-organized in execution.
• Fast learner with high self-learning ability and motivation to grow.
• Strong communication skills in English; can clearly explain technical topics.
• Comfortable context-switching and multitasking in a dynamic work environment.
• Deep passion for DevOps, modern cloud infrastructure, and solving complex technical challenges.