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Principal DevOps Engineer
Entry LevelHybrid
Location
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Salary
$7–$7/yr
Experience
Not specified
Posted
Today
Job Description
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IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.
At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.
We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.
By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.
We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.
If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.
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About the role
We are looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to own and evolve the core infrastructure that underpins our cloud‑native, AI‑enabled SaaS platforms.
This role is about building platforms that scale, not firefighting. You will design, operate, and continuously improve a secure, highly available Kubernetes‑based platform that enables product engineering teams to deploy, operate, and evolve services safely and independently.
You will work closely with software engineers, product teams, and security stakeholders to embed best‑in‑class DevOps and platform engineering practices across the organisation.
Mission
Build and operate secure, scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure
Enable product teams through automation, self‑service, and clear standards
Raise the bar on reliability, security, observability, and deployment quality
Act as a technical leader across platform and infrastructure initiatives
What success looks like
You will be accountable for outcomes such as:
Highly available, fault‑tolerant platforms
All containerised services are deployed with appropriate replication, resilience, and resource limits
Workloads are designed for multi‑zone availability and safe failure modes
Zero‑downtime, high‑quality delivery
CI/CD pipelines support safe deployment patterns (e.g. rolling, canary, fast rollback)
Deployment‑related incidents are eliminated or rapidly mitigated
Empowered engineering teams
Engineers can diagnose and resolve the majority of platform‑related issues independently
Clear standards, tooling, and automation reduce cognitive load and friction
Strong security posture
Infrastructure and workloads follow security‑by‑default principles
Vulnerabilities are proactively identified, prioritised, and remediated
Platform security tooling is continuously maintained and improved
Comprehensive observability
All critical services are monitored with meaningful alerts and dashboards
Teams have access to self‑service monitoring and alerting capabilities
Key responsibilities
Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
Own and evolve Kubernetes platforms, including workload standards and deployment models
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
Embed security best practices across infrastructure, pipelines, and runtime environments
Improve platform reliability, monitoring, and incident response workflows
Act as a technical leader and mentor for engineers using the platform
Partner with product and engineering teams to anticipate future platform needs
Why join us?
Own and shape a modern platform engineering capability
Work on real production systems supporting AI‑enabled SaaS products
High trust, high autonomy engineering culture
Opportunity to influence platform strategy as the organisation scales
qualifications
Essential skills and experience
Experience running production platforms on public cloud environments, with recent hands-on GCP experience being mandatory.
Proven experience building and operating cloud‑native platforms at scale
Strong hands‑on experience with:
Kubernetes & containerised workloads
Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)
CI/CD pipelines and GitOps‑style delivery
Deep understanding of:
High availability, fault tolerance, and scaling strategies
Secure infrastructure design and operational security practices
Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems
Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non‑specialist audiences
Exposure to AI/ML or LLM‑based workloads in production environments
Technologies you’ll work with
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Kubernetes (GKE), Docker
Terraform
Git‑based CI/CD pipelines
GitOps tooling (e.g. Argo CD)
Observability tooling (metrics, logging, alerting)
Modern AI‑enabled workloads and services
Nice to have
Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio)
Experience with Kubernetes Gateway API or modern ingress patterns
Familiarity with Redis, PostgreSQL, or managed cloud data services
additionalInformation
We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.