Cloud Platform Engineer — Kubernetes & CI/CD (Relocation)

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Tax-efficient compensation environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Halian is seeking a hands-on DevOps Specialist to design, automate, secure, and operate modern cloud-native platforms in Abu Dhabi. You will manage Kubernetes environments, develop IaC with Terraform, and build robust CI/CD pipelines to support production-grade workloads.

This role emphasizes strong Linux administration, automation via Python/Bash, and GitOps practices, with relocation support for international candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, Platform or Cloud engineering experience.
• 3+ years of Kubernetes administration and operations experience.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Git, CI/CD platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience supporting production environments and critical applications.
• Experience building automation using Python, Bash, or Shell scripting.
• Solid understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in regulated environments (fintech/banking/telecom) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate, and support cloud-native infrastructure and platforms.
• Manage and improve Kubernetes environments across production and non-production systems.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform and related tooling.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Support containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement GitOps, automation, and platform engineering best practices.
• Monitor platform health and performance using observability solutions.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analyses.
• Collaborate with software teams to improve deployment reliability and security.
• Advance operational excellence through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Contribute to platform security, governance, and cloud standards.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Git

CI/CD platforms

Cloud infrastructure

Linux

Python

Shell scripting

Observability tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

Flux

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

Halian is seeking a hands-on DevOps Specialist to design, automate, secure, and operate modern cloud-native platforms in Abu Dhabi. You will manage Kubernetes environments, develop IaC with Terraform, and build robust CI/CD pipelines to support production-grade workloads.

This role emphasizes strong Linux administration, automation via Python/Bash, and GitOps practices, with relocation support for international candidates.