DevOps Engineer Karachi , On-Site

The DevOps Engineer owns SITC's DevOps function end-to-end, accountable for outcomes rather than tasks. The role sets priorities across deployment readiness, environment stability, monitoring, and service operations, exercises deep technical authority, and develops the engineers within the function, in coordination with engineering, product, and security teams.

Role overview

Division Information Security

Location On-Site, Karachi

Employment type Full Time

About the role

The DevOps Engineer will lead SITC's DevOps function end-to-end, with accountability for deployment readiness, infrastructure stability, monitoring, service operations, and production reliability. The role will oversee CI/CD pipelines, cloud and server operations, containerized deployments, release management, incident response, and operational readiness across SITC systems. Working closely with Engineering, Product, QA, and Security, the position will drive automation, observability, secure and reliable deployments, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate brings 8-10 years of relevant DevOps or infrastructure experience, deep expertise in CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, Linux/Windows, Azure/AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring tools, along with proven people leadership and team development experience.

Key responsibilities

• DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, cloud/server operations, and release readiness.
• Manage containerised deployments, environment stability, monitoring, alerting, backups, and uptime support for SITC systems.
• Support 24/7 service operations and operational readiness across Linux/Windows, cloud, Docker/Kubernetes, and related infrastructure.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Product, QA, and Security teams for smooth releases, incident support, and production issue resolution.
• Document DevOps processes, access controls, operational runbooks, monitoring dashboards, and release dependencies.

Required skills & competencies

• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Strong hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Linux/Windows server administration and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar).
• Strong scripting ability (Bash, Python, PowerShell) for automation.
• Incident management and root-cause analysis for production systems.
• People management and coaching experience, having built and developed a team.

Qualifications & experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field; Master's preferred, or equivalent delivery experience where evidence supports the required capability.

EXPERIENCE

8-10 years of relevant DevOps / infrastructure operations experience, including ownership of a function or product line and a track record of developing others and being accountable for outcomes rather than tasks. Deep technical authority across CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, Linux/Windows environments, cloud platforms, monitoring/alerting, Prometheus/Grafana or similar tools, applied to complex solution design. Azure/AWS DevOps, CKA, Terraform, or similar certifications preferred.

Note: SITC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background, gender, or disability status. Your CV will be held in line with our Privacy Policy.

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