Azure Platform Engineer – SRE, DevOps & Security

MPH; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

MPH is seeking a capable Cloud Operations Engineer to own platform reliability across Azure and AKS, drive security hardening, and automate deployment pipelines. You will work with SOC and Infra teams to manage incidents and implement preventive actions, ensuring compliant and resilient cloud infrastructure.

The role covers platform operations, cybersecurity incident response, and DevOps automation with a strong emphasis on monitoring, tooling, and secure configurations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in Cloud Operations, SRE, DevOps, or related fields.
• Experience with Azure and Kubernetes (AKS) environments.
• Ability to implement security, compliance, and hardening practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 support for production environments on Azure and AKS.
• Monitor performance, availability, and reliability of systems.
• Lead incident resolution within SLAs and participate in on-call rotations.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Administer Azure services and Kubernetes clusters; manage deployments and updates.
• Enhance security posture via vulnerability management and incident response.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation tasks.
• Collaborate with SOC, Infra, App, and Ops teams on threats and remediation.

Skills

Azure Administration

AKS Administration

Linux Administration

CI/CD Platforms

Monitoring & Observability

Scripting

Networking Fundamentals

Cybersecurity operations & IR

Vulnerability management

Microsoft Defender Suite

SIEM (Sentinel or similar)

IAM

Security hardening & compliance

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

Azure Monitor

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Microsoft Defender Suite

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

MPH is seeking a capable Cloud Operations Engineer to own platform reliability across Azure and AKS, drive security hardening, and automate deployment pipelines. You will work with SOC and Infra teams to manage incidents and implement preventive actions, ensuring compliant and resilient cloud infrastructure.

The role covers platform operations, cybersecurity incident response, and DevOps automation with a strong emphasis on monitoring, tooling, and secure configurations.