Agent Runtime Platform Engineer | Halian | Abu Dhabi, UAE

Tech Junction Ltd; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeks an Agent Runtime Platform Engineer with 6+ years to design, build, and secure cloud-native runtime platforms for AI agent ecosystems and MCP servers. You will deploy AKS, container apps, and IaC pipelines.

You will work with AI engineers, security architects, and banking stakeholders on a production-ready platform, ensure scalability, resilience, and regulatory compliance, and contribute to architectural runbooks and automation scripts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 6+ years of professional software engineering and DevOps/Cloud platform engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with AKS, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, and containerized platforms.
• Extensive experience with IaC tooling, particularly Terraform, and platform automation via GitHub Actions.
• Deep working knowledge of API gateways, cloud networking, workload identity management, and secrets management.
• Proven experience supporting event-driven systems, distributed architectures, and modern cloud-native runtime design.
• Familiarity with AI agent architectures, MCP server integration.
• Availability for onsite employment in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage production-grade containerized platforms using AKS and Azure Container Apps.
• Implement IaC and automation workflows with Terraform and GitHub Actions.
• Configure API gateways, networking, workload identity, and secrets management.
• Design cloud-native runtimes for AI agent architectures and MCP servers.
• Ensure scalability, observability, resilience, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, data scientists, software developers, and security teams in Abu Dhabi.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems, performance, and networking issues.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, and automation scripts.
• Participate in architecture reviews and drive platform improvements.

Skills

AKS

Kubernetes

Azure Container Apps

Terraform

GitHub Actions

APIs gateways

Cloud networking

Secrets management

Event-driven systems

MCP servers

LLM orchestration frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Information Technology

Tools

AKS

Kubernetes

Azure Container Apps

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Position Summary

Halian is seeking an experienced, highly technical, and accomplished Agent Runtime Platform Engineer with 6+ years of professional engineering experience to join our client team on a full-time, onsite basis in Abu Dhabi, UAE, supporting a large-scale AI and digital transformation program for a leading banking client. In this specialized platform engineering and cloud-native runtime role, you will spearhead architecting containerized platform environments on AKS, managing infrastructure as code via Terraform, and building secure runtime architectures for AI agent ecosystems and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. You will work closely with cross-functional AI engineers, security architects, and banking stakeholders to deliver production-ready, highly resilient platforms. Ideal candidates bring a robust academic background in computer science or engineering, deep practical mastery of Kubernetes, Terraform, and event-driven runtime design, and immediate availability.

Detailed Job Description

As an Agent Runtime Platform Engineer at Halian in Abu Dhabi, UAE, you will take full ownership of designing, building, securing, and scaling cloud-native runtime platforms for next-generation Agentic AI and enterprise agent architectures. Your day-to-day responsibilities encompass deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, containerized platforms, and automated infrastructure using Terraform and GitHub Actions. You will configure API gateways, advanced networking, workload identity, secrets management, secure integrations, and event-driven systems to support AI agent frameworks and MCP servers. Working in a high-impact onsite banking environment offering tax-free compensation, company-sponsored visas, medical insurance, and relocation support, you will pioneer scalable agentic intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage production-grade containerized platforms utilizing AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and Azure Container Apps.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and platform automation workflows utilizing Terraform and GitHub Actions.
• Configure and secure API gateways, enterprise networking, workload identity federation, secrets management, and secure service integrations.
• Design and operate cloud-native runtime environments for AI agent architectures, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, and event-driven systems.
• Ensure uncompromising scalability, observability, resilience, cybersecurity, cost optimization, and production-ready platform engineering.
• Collaborate closely with AI engineers, data scientists, software developers, and banking security squads in Abu Dhabi.
• Troubleshoot complex distributed system failures, cluster performance bottlenecks, and network routing issues.
• Ensure strict adherence to banking regulatory compliance, financial data security standards, and enterprise architecture baselines.
• Maintain comprehensive technical architecture diagrams, platform runbooks, and infrastructure automation scripts.
• Participate in architecture review boards and drive continuous improvement across cloud-native platform ecosystems.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 6+ years of professional software engineering and DevOps/Cloud platform engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, and containerized platforms.
• Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tooling, particularly Terraform, and platform automation via GitHub Actions.
• Deep working knowledge of API gateways, cloud networking, workload identity management, and secrets management.
• Proven practical experience supporting event-driven systems, distributed architectures, and modern cloud-native runtime design.
• Familiarity with AI agent architectures, LLM orchestration frameworks, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration.
• Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, architectural design, and cross-functional communication capabilities.
• Professional availability for onsite employment in Abu Dhabi, UAE (Immediate to 30 days notice period preferred).

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Professional certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Prior working experience in banking, financial services, or large-scale enterprise cloud transformations.
• Advanced experience implementing zero-trust network architectures and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Strong background in finops practices, cloud cost allocation, and resource optimization in Azure.
• Contributions to open-source cloud-native projects or AI runtime frameworks.

Application Information

• Recruiter: Halian Middle East Recruitment Team
• Contact Name: Riyas Moideen (Talent Acquisition Consultant @ Halian) [cite: [e-mail]]
• Email: [e-mail] [cite: [e-mail]]
• Phone: Unspecified
• Application URL: Unspecified
• Salary/Rate: Competitive tax-free salary plus comprehensive benefits (medical, relocation, annual leave & flight benefits)
• Deadline: Open until filled
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
• Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time (Onsite in Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Recruitment Pro Tip

When applying for platform engineering and agent runtime roles, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your AKS/Kubernetes expertise, Terraform IaC automation, and experience running event-driven or LLM agent architectures.