DevOps Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-30
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, AWS
Soum is on a mission to revolutionize e-commerce in the MENA region and beyond by building the most convenient and trustworthy re-commerce marketplace in the region. We're reshaping how C2C marketplaces operate, making buying and selling second-hand products seamless and reliable. Since our launch in July 2021, Soum has become one of the fastest-growing startups in the region, achieving rapid expansion in both our team and product offerings.
In recognition of our impact and growth, we were proudly named one of the Top 10 Linked In Startups in Saudi Arabia for 2024.
We are looking for a Dev Ops Engineer interested in building performant, stable and resilient infrastructure. You will be responsible for architecting and building the infrastructure, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure.
Building a stable infrastructure is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.
Role & ResponsibilitiesTake responsibility for the scalability, stability and availability of our low-latency and mission-critical systems.
Enhance the CI/CD pipeline using Git Hub Actions.
Generate and maintain Helm manifests for Kubernetes.
Maintain our Infrastructure as Code.
Set up and maintain monitoring via New Relic, Prometheus and Grafana.
Debug infrastructure and detect bottlenecks.
Take responsibility for the company-wide tech infrastructure across all environments.
Manage VPN, load balancers and firewalls.
Take responsibility for high availability and disaster recovery.
Implement secure and stable infrastructure.
Drive continuous improvement and cost optimization.
Take responsibility for 24x7 monitoring, resolving infrastructure-tier incidents and escalating to upper tiers where necessary.
Investigate incidents and produce clear incident report documentation.
Excellent understanding of GCP cloud and AWS cloud.
Knowledge of containerized environments with Kubernetes and Docker.
Ability to develop a well-managed infrastructure setup.
Strong hands-on experience building high availability infrastructure using EKS on AWS.
Strong understanding of IaC, specifically Terraform.
Strong understanding of Git Ops
, specifically ArgoCD.Strong understanding of securing production infrastructure.
Minimum 2 years of experience in Dev Ops on production applications.
Minimum 1 year working with Terraform.
Minimum 1 year working with infrastructure monitoring tools.
Experience in designing and architecting high performing applications.
Experience in agile development practices.
Experience in a fast growing startup is a plus.
AWS certifications are a plus.
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