DevOps Engineer

Work setup: We operate in a hybrid work environment, and we encourage applicants who are open to working in the office two days a week to apply.

Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 3PM to 11PM Manila time, overlaps with UK operating hours

Employment type: Permanent

Location: Makati City, Metro Manila

Pay range: Php 62,000 to Php 84,000

We value transparency and want to ensure a good fit for both parties. We encourage applicants who are comfortable with this salary range to apply.

Discover a world of endless possibilities with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a distinguished global academic publisher and assessment organization proudly affiliated with the prestigious University of Cambridge.

We are looking for a dedicated DevOps Engineer to join our team. The DevOps Engineer will provide hands-on technical ownership of delivery automation and operational support for CRM platforms, with a particular focus on Salesforce CI/CD, supporting AWS infrastructure and Grafana observability. The role will help engineering teams deliver secure, reliable and repeatable changes across development, test and production environments.

Why Cambridge?

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a world-renowned not-for-profit academic publisher and assessment organization, proudly part of the prestigious University of Cambridge. With a legacy rooted in over 800 years of educational excellence, we are dedicated to unlocking the potential of learners and educators across the globe.

Joining Cambridge's second largest global office in the Philippines —operating for over 22 years with 1,300+ colleagues— means becoming a part of an extraordinary institution renowned worldwide. We are recognized as a Great Place to Work® for three consecutive years, reflecting our inclusive culture, strong sense of purpose, and commitment to the professional growth and well-being of our people. At Cambridge, we don't just publish books or deliver tests—we empower progress, inspire curiosity, and champion the pursuit of knowledge.

What can you get from Cambridge?

At Cambridge, you'll become a part of a vibrant and forward-thinking community that transcends tradition, fostering a culture of continuous growth and personal development. Here, we provide the right environment for you to thrive, supporting your professional journey and empowering you to reach your highest potential, that is why our pay philosophy is intricately tied to your skills and competencies, ensuring that your compensation aligns with the unique value you bring to the role you are applying for.

The organization offers a wide range of benefits and opportunities including:

• Regular Employment on Day 1

• HMO Coverage and Life Insurance on Day 1

• Paid Annual Leaves (Vacation, Well-being, Flexible, Holiday, and Volunteering leaves)

• Vesting/Retirement package

• Opportunities for career growth and development

• Access to well-being programs

• Flexible schedule, hybrid work arrangement and work-life balance

• Opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from diverse branches that will expand your horizons and enrich your understanding of different cultures

What will you do as a DevOps Engineer?

Reporting to the Senior Solutions Engineer, your accountabilities will include:

• Design, enhance, and operate AWS cloud infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security compliance, cost optimisation, and modern cloud‑native architecture.

• Drive end‑to‑end automation through CI/CD, infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and GitOps workflows.

• Implement advanced DevOps and platform engineering practices, including AI‑assisted monitoring, predictive scaling, FinOps governance, and policy as code.

• Optimize and operate container and serverless ecosystems (Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, Lambda), ensuring operational excellence across incident response, observability, and large‑scale technical decision‑making.

• Grafana observability: Develop and maintain dashboards, data-source integrations, queries and actionable alerts. Provide visibility into service health, deployment pipelines, code-quality findings and AWS costs, using CloudWatch and other relevant data sources.

Please review the attached job description for further details on the role.

What makes you the ideal candidate for this role?

An ideal candidate has the following qualities:
Essential:

• Technical Ownership: A strong track record of owning production systems end-to-end, applying sound judgement in risk management, incident response, security best practices, and observability driven operations.

• Infrastructure & Systems: demonstrated depth in modern infrastructure, cloud platforms (preferably AWS), systems architecture, and Linux-based environments, with a proven ability to diagnose, resolve, and prevent complex issues at scale.

• Automation: proven capability to design, implement, and uphold automation standards (including IaC, CI/CD, and Git based workflows), ensuring consistency, reliability, and efficiency across engineering teams.

• Modern Architecture & Platform Engineering: demonstrated experience enabling scalable containerized, serverless, or event driven systems, with the ability to evaluate tooling, guide architectural direction, and influence platform strategy.

• Communication and Collaboration: ability to communicate complex concepts with clarity, collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and security, and mentor peers and junior engineers while fostering a high-performance culture.

Desirable:

• AWS certification (SysOps Administrator or Solutions Architect also considered).

Are you driven by desire to be part of a globally renowned institution that celebrates innovation, embraces inclusion, and empowers learners? Then, we invite you to Pursue your Potential with us.

Only applications received through the system will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The vacancy may close once sufficient applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested, tailor-fit your CV (advantageous if you submit one with a Cover Letter) and submit as early as possible.

Please ensure to upload correct and updated details and documents as these cannot be changed once submitted. Learn more about our hiring process by going through our Candidate Application Guide.

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