DevOps Engineer – C4I & Mission-Critical Systems

DISCOVERED; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A confidential R&D organisation in Abu Dhabi is seeking a driven individual for a role focused on DevOps and Systems Engineering. You will be responsible for optimising CI/CD pipelines, maintaining distributed systems, and ensuring security compliance in a sensitive environment. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and have over 5 years of experience in DevOps, with strong expertise in Linux, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes. This position also involves collaboration with engineering teams on mission-critical projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is mandatory.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
• Experience with secure or regulated environments is essential.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimise and automate CI/CD pipelines for secure, on-premise environments.
• Maintain highly available distributed systems supporting real-time operations.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure secure system operation.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or similar

Tools

Git

Job description

This is a rare opportunity to join a confidential, government‑backed R&D organisation operating in the defence, aerospace, and C4I engineering landscape. The environment is highly technical, low‑ego, and purpose driven, working on mission‑critical systems that directly support national security objectives.

Responsibilities

• Mission‑Critical DevOps & Automation
• Build, optimise and automate CI/CD pipelines for secure, on‑prem environments.
• Support the full lifecycle of C4I platforms, including deployment, configuration, monitoring and hardening.
• Own configuration management using Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Systems Engineering & Reliability
• Maintain highly available distributed systems supporting real‑time operations.
• Drive observability best practices, logging, metrics and alerting.
• Ensure secure system operation in sensitive environments.
• Security, Hardening & Compliance
• Apply STIG, CIS and defence‑grade security baselines.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance within restricted environments.
• Manage vulnerability remediation, patching and secure access control.
• Collaboration & Technical Leadership
• Work closely with research, software and embedded engineering teams.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and cross‑functional design reviews.
• Document processes and mentor junior engineers where needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or similar (mandatory).
• 5+ years in DevOps, Systems Engineering or Platform Engineering.
• Strong experience with Linux, on‑prem infrastructure, CI/CD, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proven experience in secure or regulated environments.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in defence, C4I, aerospace or high‑security environments.
• Certification in Linux, Kubernetes, DevOps or Security.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash or Go.

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