Devblock is looking for a senior, hands-on DevOps Lead to head our DevOps presence in Vietnam. In this role, you will serve as the senior DevOps point of contact locally— mentoring engineers, collaborating with project managers to scope and prioritize work, and driving technical excellence.
You will be expected to proactively assess infrastructure and operations, create roadmaps and goals, identify risks (especially around security and best practices), and communicate findings and progress clearly to leadership. This role requires someone who is deeply technical, highly organized, and comfortable leading both strategy and execution.
If you enjoy leading teams, shaping DevOps practices, and staying at the forefront of cloud and automation technologies, we want to hear from you.
- Lead and mentor DevOps engineers in the Vietnam team, fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Partner with project managers to scope, prioritize, and schedule DevOps tasks and infrastructure projects
- Develop assessments, roadmaps, and goals for infrastructure, pipelines, and operations; identify risks and propose improvements, particularly around security and compliance
- Manage your own time and your team’s time effectively; track and report on accomplishments, challenges, and progress to leadership
- Collaborate with the global DevOps Lead to document, map, and improve infrastructure and pipelines
- Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and other infrastructure-as-code tools
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
- Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic)
- Harden security and implement compliance best practices across environments
- Automate operational processes wherever possible
- Collaborate with development teams to support application deployment and performance
- Participate in troubleshooting incidents and remediating root causes
- Contribute to documentation of environments, runbooks, and SOPs
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in a hands-on DevOps, Site Reliability Engineer, or Cloud Infrastructure role
- Experience leading or mentoring DevOps engineers, with a track record of building and guiding high-performing teams
- Proven ability to assess infrastructure, define goals and roadmaps, and identify risks—especially related to security and best practices
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage both personal and team workload, while consistently reporting progress and challenges to leadership
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated fluency in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Deep familiarity with AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, ALB, RDS, S3, DocumentDb, Lambda, CloudWatch, and Route53
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially using Terraform (Terraform Cloud or GitOps a plus)
- Proficiency with at least one CI/CD system (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline)
- Experience with Linux and/or Windows IIS administration and shell scripting
- Working knowledge of container technologies and orchestration (e.g., ECS, EKS, or Fargate)
- Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or CloudWatch
- Comfortable working collaboratively in Git-based workflows
- AWS certification (e.g. Solutions Architect Associate, DevOps Engineer)
Nice to Have
- Maniacal curiosity about new technologies, tools, and systems, with a commitment to continuous learning
- Enthusiasm about AWS best practices
- Experience supporting client-facing environments in a consulting or agency environment
- Knowledge of serverless technologies and architectures (API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.)
- Experience managing distributed or offshore DevOps teams
We're a nimble, high-impact team that builds and supports systems for some of the world’s most recognized brands. You'll work alongside experienced engineers who care about doing things the right way—from automation to security to uptime. You’ll be given the autonomy to own your work and lead locally, while contributing to a culture of learning, accountability, and mutual respect.
