Platform Engineer

Location: Riyadh (Hybrid)

Contract Type: Freelance / Long‑Term Engagement

Start Date: ASAP

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Multi‑Cloud Platform Engineer to design, automate, secure, and operate a mission‑critical banking platform running across Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).This role is central to ensuring high availability, resilience, security, and regulatory compliance while driving automation, Git Ops adoption, and operational excellence across the organisation.

You will work closely with engineering, security, and architecture teams to build a scalable, compliant, and fully automated cloud foundation aligned with SAMA IT Governance and modern Dev Sec Ops  practices.

• Design, build, and automate cloud infrastructure across GCP and OCI using Terraform
  .
• Develop scalable, secure, and resilient multi‑cloud architectures for regulated banking workloads.
• Operate and optimise managed Kubernetes clusters (
  OKE and GKE
  ).
• Manage upgrades, scaling, HA configurations, service mesh integrations, and gateway components.

• Administer and enhance core platform services including:
• Kong API Gateway
• Hashi Corp Vault
• ExternalDNS

• Implement Git Ops workflows using ArgoCD
  .
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless, automated delivery.
• Support Helm, Kustomize, and modern deployment patterns.

• Deploy and maintain observability tooling:
  Dynatrace, Prometheus, Alert manager, Grafana
  .
• Ensure proactive monitoring, alerting, and performance visibility across distributed systems.

• Strengthen platform security using SAST, DAST, RBAC, mTLS, image scanning, and Dev Sec Ops  controls.
• Ensure compliance with SAMA and internal governance frameworks.

• Lead DR planning, testing, and execution aligned with RTO/RPO objectives.
• Build automated failover and recovery mechanisms across cloud environments.

• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems and guide engineering teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in scalability, performance, and cost optimisation.

• Advanced expertise in Google Cloud
  , Oracle Cloud
  , and Terraform
  .
• Strong hands‑on experience with managed Kubernetes (HA, upgrades, scaling, service mesh, gateways).
• Deep knowledge of Istio
  , API gateways, service mesh architectures, and traffic management.
• Proficiency with Vault for secrets management and PKI.
• Solid experience with Git Ops (ArgoCD), CI/CD automation, Helm, and Kustomize.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across microservices, distributed systems, and cloud‑native platforms.