Director of Cloud DevOps

At XTM Group, we build technology that helps enterprises connect with global audiences faster and more efficiently. Our Translation Management platform enables organizations to automate and streamline every stage of the localization process.

We believe innovation happens when talented people collaborate, experiment, and continuously learn. That’s why we foster an inclusive, solution-oriented culture where curiosity, teamwork, and ownership are valued every day. Our mission is to become the leading enterprise Translation Management System — and we’re looking for people who want to help shape the future of global communication technology.

Hybrid Working Requirement:
Candidates should be flexible to attend our Marousi, Athens office 3 times per week. Please note that travel or commuting expenses will not be covered for candidates residing outside Attiki or outside a reasonable commuting distance.

We are looking for a highly experienced Director of Cloud Dev Ops to lead our cloud infrastructure strategy, drive reliability, scalability and security across our AWS and GCP environments, and mentor high-performing technical teams. The ideal candidate combines deep hands‑on expertise in cloud engineering, Kubernetes and automation with strong leadership skills and a forward‑thinking approach to modern Dev Ops and AI infrastructure.

Scope of Tasks

• Defining, championing, and executing the company’s Dev Ops and cloud roadmap to ensure alignment with rapid product development and global scale
• Leading, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team of Dev Ops and Cloud Engineers while fostering a culture of ownership and technical excellence
• Overseeing the design, implementation, and optimization of a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure primarily on AWS
• Driving the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles to ensure all infrastructure is versioned, automated, and reproducible
• Continuously improving and automating CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and frequent software releases across the organization
• Establishing and tracking key reliability metrics such as SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs to ensure maximum platform uptime and performance
• Overseeing critical operational areas including monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, disaster recovery, and capacity planning
• Integrating security best practices into the entire SDLC (Dev Sec Ops ) to ensure compliance with GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 standards
• Managing cloud spending effectively through Fin Ops practices, identifying cost‑saving measures without compromising on performance
• Driving the evolution of containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) across the global platform

• Cloud Engineering, or SRE
• Demonstrating over 5 years of extensive, hands‑on experience designing and managing complex, high-availability production workloads on AWS
• Having proven experience in a leadership role such as Director, Head of, or Lead, with a track record of successfully mentoring technical teams
• Possessing expert‑level proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or AWS Cloud Formation
• Holding deep technical mastery of AWS services including EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, and advanced networking/security tools
• Showing expert‑level knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, including cluster management, Helm charts, and service mesh concepts
• Having strong experience with modern CI/CD tools such as Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, or Jenkins, with a commitment to Git Ops principles
• Demonstrating proficiency in at least one relevant scripting language like Python, Bash, or Go
• Possessing the ability to manage multi‑cloud environments, specifically involving both AWS and GCP
• Having experience with advanced observability…