DevOps Engineer

Contract duration: 6 months, with potential extension.
Engagement Type: Full‑time.
Start date: July 2026.
Location: Abu Dhabi (on‑site).

We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops Engineer to make software delivery fast, repeatable, and safe. You’ll build and operate CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, container platforms, and observability, cutting lead time and toil while improving reliability and security. The discipline has shifted toward platform engineering, building internal developer platforms and golden paths so product teams can self‑serve with Git Ops, policy‑as‑code, and supply‑chain security built in.

Dev Sec Ops  and Fin Ops are core parts of the job, not afterthoughts.

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and progressive delivery.
• Author infrastructure as code with Terraform/Open Tofu using reusable modules and clean environment promotion.
• Build and operate Kubernetes platforms with Helm, Kustomize packaging, autoscaling, and ingress.
• Implement Git Ops with Argo CD or Flux so the desired state of infrastructure and apps lives in Git.
• Stand up observability: metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting.
• Embed Dev Sec Ops : SAST, DAST, SCA scanning, secrets management, image hardening, and software supply‑chain security.
• Build internal developer platforms and golden paths that enable self‑service for product teams.
• Manage cloud infrastructure with cost awareness, automate operational tasks, and improve DORA metrics.
• Participate in on‑call and run blameless post‑mortems.

• Languages & Scripting:
  Bash, Python, Go, YAML, HCL.
• CI/CD:
  Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops.
• IaC & Config:
  Terraform, Open Tofu, Pulumi, Ansible, Crossplane.
• Containers & Git Ops:
  Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, Flux, Argo Rollouts.
• Observability:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry, Loki, ELK, Open Search, Datadog.
• Dev Sec Ops :
  Trivy, Snyk, Sonar Qube, Checkov, OPA, Kyverno, Sigstore, SLSA, SBOMs.
• Secrets:
  Hashi Corp Vault, External Secrets, OIDC workload identity.
• Platforms:
  Backstage, AWS, Azure, GCP.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3+ years in Dev Ops, SRE, platform, or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting in Bash and Python (Go a plus).
• Production experience with a major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands‑on experience running Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform/Open Tofu) and a CI/CD system (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, or Jenkins).
• Solid grasp of networking, DNS, TLS, load balancing, and security fundamentals.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling and incident management.
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI solutions in an enterprise or client‑facing/consulting environment.
• Prior experience at management consulting firms and/or Big Tech is an advantage.
• Nice to have:
  Operating ML/AI infrastructure (GPU clusters, model serving, MLOps/LLMOps pipelines).
• Multi‑cloud or hybrid‑cloud architecture and migrations.
• Chaos engineering and advanced reliability practices.
• eBPF‑based tooling (Cilium, Pixie) and custom Kubernetes operators.
• Certifications such as CKA/CKAD, a cloud architect cert, or Terraform Associate.