b_labs is the transformation and digitization arm of B.TECH, on a mission to change the industry as we know it. We spearhead tech innovation at B.TECH, an organization that has been a cornerstone of the Egyptian retail industry. We are the engine powering B.TECH in achieving its goal of becoming the leading omni-channel platform for consumer electronics and appliances in Egypt. By joining b labs, you will get to benefit from a collaborative startup environment, while also enjoying the stability of working within a company that has achieved strong growth year after year. You will be part of a visionary, customer-focused team with an ambitious mission--to become a trailblazer for digital retail within the Middle East.
Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the DevOps vision and long-term strategy for the organization.
- Act as a technical authority and decision-maker for infrastructure, automation, and tooling.
- Influence architecture decisions to ensure scalability, security, and high availability.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and best practices.
- Lead design and management of multi-region, multi-cloud architectures.
- Oversee Infrastructure as Code at scale (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible).
- Architect disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
- Ensure systems meet cost optimization, performance, and compliance requirements.
- Architect organization-wide CI/CD standards and frameworks.
- Oversee pipeline governance to ensure security, compliance, and quality gates.
- Lead automation initiatives to improve build, test, and deployment efficiency.
- Set enterprise-level observability standards (metrics, logs, traces).
- Oversee SLO/SLI/SLA definitions and tracking for critical services.
- Lead complex incident response and root cause analysis for high-impact issues.
- Partner with security teams to embed DevSecOps practices into development workflows.
- Define and enforce infrastructure security policies across teams.
- Lead compliance efforts for SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA.
- Mentor senior and mid-level DevOps engineers.
- Help recruit, onboard, and develop engineering talent.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performance DevOps culture.
- Act as a bridge between development, operations, security, and product teams.
- Advocate for automation and operational excellence across the organization.
- Present technical strategies to executives and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure roles, with a proven record managing large-scale, mission-critical systems.
- Strong multi-cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Deep knowledge of IaC tools: Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible.
- Advanced Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE) and service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) experience.
- Leadership in CI/CD using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Spinnaker.
- Hands-on with monitoring/logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, New Relic.
- Scripting/automation in Bash, Python, or Go.
- Strong in networking, zero-trust security, IAM, RBAC, VPNs, and firewalls.
- Ability to set technical direction and influence org-wide engineering decisions.
- Excellent mentorship, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proven problem-solving under pressure; experienced in high-stakes incident response.
- Preferred certs: AWS SA-Pro, AWS DevOps Pro, CKA, CKAD, Azure DevOps Expert, Google Cloud DevOps.
- Experience with global infrastructure scaling and high-availability architecture.
Benefits
Office environment: When you come to our b_labs office, you'll find creative workspaces, a well-equipped kitchen, and an open design to foster collaboration between teams.
Flexibility: You know best whether you want to work from home or in the office.
Equipment: From "Day 1" you will receive all the equipment you need be successful at work. Therefore, you can choose your laptop and get all the tools you need to stay on top of your game.
