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Lead DevOps Engineer

Bridge BSS Talentlinkedin.com
Oct 14, 2026, 12:09 PM1w ago
ContractColombo, Western ProvinceDevOpsLead (5+ yrs)

About the role

The Lead DevOps Engineer will architect and oversee all DevOps and SRE-related areas for three products, focusing on deployment architecture for a SaaS platform and ensuring high availability across multiple regions. The role involves leading a team of skilled engineers, being hands-on with technical tasks, collaborating with development and solution teams, and ensuring timely and high-quality SRE deliveries. Candidates should have a strong background in distributed systems, DevOps tools, Linux system administration, troubleshooting, and team management. Bridge BSS Talent is a global IT outsourcing and business support services provider, working with innovative companies to deliver impactful technology solutions.

Must have

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or BSc equivalent qualification with 5+ year(s) experience.
  • Extensive experience in distributed systems is essential.
  • Extensive experience in K8S, GCP, Docker, observability tools, middleware, is essential.
  • Extensive experience in various DevOps tools such as Helm, Ansible is required.
  • Extensive experience in Linux system administration tools is required.
  • Experience in tools used in troubleshooting Java, C++ services.
  • Experience in performance troubleshooting of backend services, databases, message brokers, load balancers, etc.
  • Experience in various monitoring tools such as Prometheus.
  • Well experienced in various databases, Kubernetes, various load balancers, GCP.
  • Extensive experience with Linux/Unix system administration.
  • Sound knowledge of operating system concepts.
  • Very good communication skill in Sinhala/English is essential.
  • Experience in managing technical teams.

Technologies

  • Ansible
  • C++
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • Helm
  • Java
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Observability
  • Prometheus
  • SaaS
  • Unix

Highlights

The position is offered as a full-time contract with the possibility of extension. Work mode is onsite or hybrid. Candidates must have very good communication skills in Sinhala and English.