Engineering Manager – DevOps, Infrastructure
Thndr
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cairo • Egypt
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About the role
- Lead the design and evolution of our hybrid infrastructure (on-prem + cloud) and multi-region setup.
- Be hands-on with Kubernetes, networking, Terraform/IaC, observability stacks, and infra automation.
- Review infrastructure code, architecture proposals, and operational practices.
- Drive reliability, security hardening, and performance improvements.
- Make pragmatic trade-offs, set technical direction, and ensure the team executes on it.
- Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and regional failover strategies.
- Partner with the Platform team to enable frictionless application delivery.
- Partner with the Security team to ensure our infrastructure meets the highest standards of security and compliance.
- Continuously optimize cost, capacity, and resource utilization.
- Establish SLIs/SLOs and optimize for reliability and performance of the infrastructure. Own infra uptime, incident response processes, and postmortems; raise the bar on operational maturity.
- Plan and drive infrastructure initiatives and migrations end-to-end.
- Ensure clarity in requirements, technical design, and execution plans.
- Remove blockers early and keep work moving with urgency and quality.
- Balance short-term operational needs with long-term strategic direction.
- Run regular 1:1s focused on technical and professional growth.
- Coach engineers by pairing, guiding design, and elevating problem-solving skills.
- Lead hiring and identify great DevOps talent with strong fundamentals.
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and direct, constructive feedback.
- Set clear expectations and support engineers to meet them.
Requirements
- 4+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure roles.
- 2+ years managing or technically leading engineers, ideally in infra-heavy environments.
- Deep experience with Kubernetes, cloud providers (AWS preferred), Linux, networking fundamentals, and Terraform or equivalent IaC.
- Strong understanding and previous experience of distributed systems, observability, incident response, and operational best practices.
- Proven ability to build roadmaps, guide technical execution, challenge assumptions, and drive teams toward high-quality outcomes.
- A direct, clear communication style and a bias toward action and clarity.
- Experience in hybrid/on-prem infrastructure is a strong plus.
Benefits
- Technical Leadership & Ownership
- Operational Excellence
- Delivery & Execution
- People & Team Development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KubernetesTerraformIaCLinuxnetworkingdistributed systemsobservabilityincident responseperformance improvementssecurity hardening
Soft skills
direct communicationclaritycoachingproblem-solvingownershipaccountabilityconstructive feedbackurgencytechnical directionremoving blockers