DevOps Architect Engineer
About the role
The DevOps Architect Engineer at Kochasoft is responsible for designing, building, securing, and operating multi-cloud platforms across Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. This hands-on role covers the full project lifecycle, including assessment, architecture, build, migration, operation, and optimization. The architect is accountable for technical decisions, platform code, and incident response, and is expected to lead on cloud migrations, cost optimization, and embedding security controls. The position also involves technical leadership, mentoring, and documentation, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes and maintaining compliance standards such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Must have
- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (equivalent education and experience acceptable).
- At least one required: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional.
- 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, cloud, or platform engineering, including 5+ years in an architect role.
- Deep, hands-on experience with at least two of Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS (Azure and Google Cloud strongly preferred).
- Proven end-to-end delivery: at least one large cloud migration or platform build the candidate designed and personally carried through cutover and stabilisation.
- Demonstrated, measurable cloud cost reduction.
- Production Kubernetes at scale (AKS, GKE, or EKS) with microservices and serverless workloads.
- Hands-on SOC 2 Type I/II or ISO 27001 controls within CI/CD and cloud environments.
- Expert in Terraform and IaC; strong in Python, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, and HCL.
- Strong CI/CD and GitOps knowledge: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Flux.
- Solid grounding in networking, identity, and cloud security: VNets/VPCs, TLS, private endpoints, WAF, IAM.
- Working knowledge of cloud databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB), including backup, replication, and failover.
- Financially literate: cloud budgets, forecasts, and unit economics.
- Clear writer: ADRs, runbooks, post-incident reviews, and change requests that stand up to later scrutiny.
- Root-cause thinker with strong ownership, able to manage competing priorities under pressure.
Nice to have
- Asset: CKA/CKAD, Terraform Associate, AZ-400, FinOps Certified Practitioner, CKS or CCSP.
- Asset: MLOps, OpenStack or private-cloud experience, and delivery in SaaS, loyalty, retail-tech, or martech companies.
Technologies
- AKS
- Ansible
- Argo CD
- AWS
- Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Bash
- CI/CD
- Cloud Security
- Cosmos DB
- DAST
- Datadog
- DevOps
- DynamoDB
- EKS
- ELK Stack
- FinOps
- Flux
- GCP
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab
- GitOps
- GKE
- Grafana
- IAM
- Infrastructure as Code
- ISO 27001
- Jenkins
- Kubeflow
- Kubernetes
- LLM
- Machine Learning
- Microservices
- MLOps
- MongoDB
- Network Security
- Observability
- OpenStack
- PostgreSQL
- PowerShell
- Prometheus
- Pulumi
- Python
- RAG
- SaaS
- SAST
- Secrets Management
- Serverless
- SIEM
- SOC 2
- Splunk
- SQL
- SQL Server
- Terraform
- TLS
- Vault
- VPC
- WAF
- YAML
Highlights
Candidates must be able to start within 15 days. The role is based in Sri Lanka. At least one of the following certifications is required: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional. Additional certifications are considered assets.
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