DevOps Engineer

Entertainer Fz; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The ENTERTAINER FZ in Dubai is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure, enabling rapid, reliable delivery through automation and modern CI/CD.

You will collaborate with Engineering, QA, Security and Product teams to implement IaC, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and to drive production stability, performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3 years of experience in AWS-focused DevOps or Infrastructure roles with Azure exposure.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services: EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB, API Gateway, Auto Scaling.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and load balancing in cloud environments.
• Experience with Azure services including App Services, Functions, Storage, Networking, IAM.
• Strong Linux system administration across open-source and enterprise platforms.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools and automation pipelines.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, and operational best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS (EC2, VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, ALB/NLB, API Gateway, Lambda, NAT, etc.).
• Support Azure infrastructure as required (App Services, Functions, Storage, Networking, IAM).
• Implement serverless and event-driven architectures using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS.
• Perform cloud enablement of new products and migration of workloads to cloud platforms.
• Administer and automate Linux environments (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL) including hardening and patching.
• Manage networking components like DNS, DHCP, load balancing, and TLS certificates.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for web, backend, and mobile apps.
• Automate build, test, release, and deployments using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline.
• Implement safe deployment strategies including blue/green and canary releases with rollback.
• Handle code and database deployments across environments including production.
• Collaborate with Developers, QA, Security, and Operations to align DevOps practices.

Skills

AWS DevOps

Linux administration

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go)

Terraform

Cloud security

Networking & security in cloud

Azure exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

AWS CodePipeline

Job description

About Us

The ENTERTAINER is a leading digital company dedicated to adding value for consumers by bringing them the best incentive offers globally. We are a 100% digital data-driven tech company providing first-rate offers across renowned dining leisure entertainment and hotel brands worldwide. The ENTERTAINER has grown with the aim of creating unbeatable value and loyalty everywhere we operate. We believe that experience is everything and thats why we are passionate about creating unforgettable experiences for our customers partners and employees.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to design build and operate secure scalable and highly available cloud platforms that power our digital products. This role plays a critical part in enabling rapid reliable delivery through automation modern CI/CD practices and cloud-native architecture across AWS and Azure environments. Working closely with Engineering QA Security and Product teams the DevOps Engineer will drive infrastructure as code containerization monitoring and release excellence while ensuring production stability performance and cost efficiency. The role also contributes to cloud migration initiatives microservices enablement and the continuous improvement of operational best practices across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Design implement and manage cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS (EC2 VPC Subnets Security Groups ALB/NLB ASG API Gateway Lambda NAT/Internet Gateways).
• Support Azure infrastructure as required (App Services Azure Functions Storage Networking IAM).
• Implement serverless and event-driven architectures using AWS Lambda Step Functions EventBridge SQS and SNS.
• Perform cloud enablement of new products and migration of existing workloads to cloud platforms.
• Administer and automate Linux environments (Ubuntu Amazon Linux CentOS RHEL) including system hardening patching and performance tuning.
• Manage networking components such as DNS DHCP load balancing and SSL/TLS certificate management.

CI/CD Release & Automation

• Design implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for web backend and mobile applications (iOS & Android).
• Automate build test release and deployment workflows using tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Azure DevOps AWS CodePipeline.
• Implement safe deployment strategies including blue/green canary releases and automated rollback.
• Handle code and database deployments across all environments including production.
• Manage release configuration and environment orchestration across development staging and production.

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management

• Provision and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Design and implement automated configuration management using Ansible or similar tools.
• Ensure consistency repeatability and scalability of infrastructure deployments.

Containers & Microservices

• Build deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Support microservices and distributed systems in elastic and clustered environments.
• Apply container security best practices including image scanning RBAC and secrets management.

Monitoring Reliability & Incident Management

• Monitor infrastructure and applications using AWS CloudWatch Azure Monitor ELK Stack Prometheus and Grafana.
• Establish observability standards for logs metrics and alerts.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for production incidents and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Drive improvements in system reliability performance and operational excellence.

Capacity Planning Security & Optimization

• Perform capacity planning and automate infrastructure scaling.
• Implement security best practices across CI/CD cloud infrastructure and runtime environments.
• Optimize cloud costs through right-sizing automation and usage analysis.

Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with Developers QA Security and Operations teams to align DevOps practices.
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members on DevOps cloud CI/CD and infrastructure best practices.
• Promote a culture of automation reliability and continuous improvement.

Key Technologies & Tools

Cloud: AWS Azure

CI/CD: Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Azure DevOps AWS CodePipeline

IaC & Config: Terraform AWS CloudFormation Ansible

Containers: Docker Kubernetes

Monitoring: CloudWatch Azure Monitor ELK Prometheus Grafana

Scripting: Bash Python Go

Databases & Deployments: Production-grade DB deployment and automation (MySQL Aurora MongoDB DynamoDB OpenSearch etc.)

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in AWS focused DevOps or Infrastructure roles with exposure to Azure.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services: EC2 S3 RDS DynamoDB Lambda VPC IAM ALB/NLB API Gateway Auto Scaling.
• Solid understanding of networking security and load balancing in cloud environments.
• Working experience with Azure services including App Services Azure Functions Storage Networking and IAM.
• Strong Linux system administration experience across open-source and enterprise Linux platforms.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools and automation pipelines.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Bash Python or Go.
• Strong understanding of cloud security networking and operational best practices.

Required Experience:

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