DevOps / IT Infra Engineer

Evollabs; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Evollabs is seeking a hands-on DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer to operate, secure, and improve primarily on-premises infrastructure, with strong Linux, identity management, virtualization, and networking focus. You will work in air-gapped environments, manage storage and containerization, and support developers across toolchains.

The role emphasizes security, least privilege, patching, and incident response within a fast-growing AI hardware organization in Dubai.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or similar hands-on roles.
• Strong Linux administration across major distros (Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL equivalents).
• Experience with centralized identity and access management systems.
• Experience with on-premises infrastructure hardware lifecycle and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with virtualization platforms (Proxmox/VMware/KVM).
• Experience with NAS/shared storage (NFS/SMB/iSCSI) and backups.
• Hands-on Docker/containerization, private registries, and security.

Responsibilities

• Operate, secure, and improve primarily on-premises infrastructure.
• Manage virtualization, storage, networking, and system security.
• Support developers with environment issues and toolchains.
• Maintain air-gapped/offline repositories and trusted certificates.
• Implement monitoring/observability and incident response.
• Document root-cause analyses and cross-team troubleshooting.

Skills

Linux administration

Identity & access management

Networking fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

CI/CD workflows

Troubleshooting

Tools

Proxmox

VMware

KVM

iDRAC/iLO/IPMI

Docker

GitLab CI/Jenkins

Job description

We are a young high-tech company incorporated in the heart of one of the world’s fastest-growing tech hubs—Dubai, UAE. As the exclusive software partner to one of the world’s largest ODMs in the networking equipment space, we develop the Network Operating Systems that power critical data centre and telecom routing & switching infrastructure. Building on this foundation, we’ve recently launched an AI division focused on designing our own chips to accelerate inference and training workloads.

What sets us apart is our unique position at the centre of a historic development: our ODM partner is establishing the first networking equipment factory of its kind in the GCC region, and we’re the software engine driving this groundbreaking initiative. We’re not just building technology—we’re building a true networking vendor that serves regional interests while meeting the growing demand for networking equipment across the MENA region and farther.

Our long-term vision extends beyond products to people: creating a thriving ecosystem for embedded systems and ASIC design talent that will produce generations of world-class professionals, establishing our region as a global centre of excellence for Enterprise Compute innovation.

As a rapidly growing company at the forefront of AI hardware innovation, we are constantly seeking talented and motivated individuals to join our team. We offer a dynamic and challenging work environment, with opportunities to make a significant impact on the future of AI technology.

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer to operate, secure, and improve primarily on-premises infrastructure , with strong focus on Linux, identity/access management, virtualization, storage, containerization, networking, security, and restricted/air-gapped environments.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, Systems Engineering, or a similar hands-on role.

Strong Linux administration and trouble shooting across Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, or equivalent.

Hands-on experience with centralized identity and access management using FreeIPA, Active Directory, Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID, OpenLDAP, LDAP, Kerberos, SSSD, PAM, or equivalent.

Experience integrating Linux servers/endpoints with organizational accounts and managing SSH, sudo, group-based access, RBAC, service accounts, and privileged access .

Strong experience with on-premises infrastructure , including physical servers, provisioning, hardware lifecycle, firmware, RAID, iDRAC/iLO/IPMI, and infrastructure troubleshooting.

Experience with virtualization platforms such as Proxmox, VMware, KVM, or equivalent, including VM provisioning, networking, storage, snapshots, templates, and clustered environments.

Strong experience with NAS/shared storage , including NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, ACLs, UID/GID mapping, quotas, snapshots, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and capacity planning.

Strong hands-on Docker/containerization expertise, including Dockerfiles, multi-stage builds, volumes, networking, private registries, permissions, security, and runtime troubleshooting.

Ability to support developers with dependency and environment issues , including OS packages, shared libraries, compilers, Python/package dependencies, build toolchains, and reproducible development environments.

Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VLANs, firewalls, NAT, MTU, and Linux network troubleshooting .

Experience operating infrastructure in restricted, disconnected, or air-gapped environments , including offline package management, internal repositories, private registries, controlled software transfer, and trust/certificate management.

Strong understanding of infrastructure security , including least privilege, Linux hardening, SSH security, TLS/PKI, internal certificate authorities, secrets, service accounts, vulnerability management, patching, and audit controls.

Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, Ansible, or equivalent tools .

Experience with Git and self-hosted CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent, including runners/agents, build environments, artifacts, and container-based pipelines.

Experience with Kubernetes or other on-premises container orchestration platforms is preferred.

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Loki, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, or equivalent.

Strong root-cause analysis, documentation, and cross-team troubleshooting skills across Linux, networking, storage, identity, containers, and security.

What we value

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working close to the infrastructure, understands how systems behave at the OS and network level, and can troubleshoot across Linux, identity, storage, virtualization, containers, networking, and security .

The role requires strong ownership, practical problem-solving skills, and the ability to work closely with developers while maintaining secure, reliable, and well-controlled on-premises environments.