Platform Engineer; Premises
Listed on 2026-10-15
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IT/Tech
IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Administrator, SRE/Site Reliability
Work Location: Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Experience: 3–5 Years
Job Title: Data Platform Engineer
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: On-site / Hybrid, based on project requirements
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
Engagement Duration: 3–5 Months
Environment: On-Premises | Dev, QA & Production
We are looking for a hands‑on Data Platform Engineer with strong experience in the installation, configuration, administration, and support of data platform components in on‑premises environments
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The role requires experience with platform administration, VMware‑based infrastructure, Git integration, and enterprise security integration involving IAM and PAM
. The engineer will be responsible for supporting platform deployment, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational activities across Development, QA, and Production environments
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The ideal candidate should also have a solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, storage, security, and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
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- Install, configure, deploy, and maintain data platform components in on‑premises environments
- Perform day‑to‑day Data Platform Administration
, monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and operational support - Deploy and support data platform components running on VMware‑based infrastructure
- Integrate platform configurations and deployment processes with Git‑based version control
- Integrate data platforms with enterprise security solutions, including IAM and PAM
- Support platform deployment and operations across Development, QA, and Production environments
- Monitor platform availability, performance, capacity, resource utilization, and overall platform health
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform, infrastructure, deployment, configuration, storage, network, and integration issues
- Support containerized platform components using Docker and/or Kubernetes
, where applicable - Collaborate with Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Dev Ops, Security, Network, and Application teams to maintain a stable, secure, and highly available data platform
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in Data Platform Engineering, infrastructure, or Platform Administration
- Strong hands‑on experience with installation and configuration of data platform components in on‑premises environments
- Strong understanding and hands‑on experience in Platform Administration
- Experience working with VMware‑based infrastructure
- Hands‑on experience integrating platforms and deployment/configuration processes with Git
- Experience with enterprise security integrations involving IAM and PAM
- Good knowledge of platform deployment, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Experience supporting Development, QA, and Production environments
- Good understanding of infrastructure, networking, storage, backup/recovery, and security concepts relevant to enterprise data platforms
- Exposure to Docker and/or Kubernetes for containerized platform deployments
- Experience with MinIO and Apache Iceberg
- Experience with Starburst or Dremio
- Experience with Apache Spark
- Experience with Informatica
- Understanding of modern Data Lake and Data Lakehouse architectures
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