DevOps Specialist (m/f/d)

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering, strong Linux skills, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes administration and operations experience.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Git, CI/CD platforms, Cloud infrastructure.
• Experience supporting production environments and critical business applications.
• Experience building automation solutions using Python, Bash, Shell scripting, or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code principles and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in highly regulated environments such as financial services, fintech, banking, or telecommunications.

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 Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and related tooling.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement GitOps, automation, and platform engineering best practices.
• Monitor platform health, reliability, availability, and performance using observability solutions.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with software teams to improve deployment reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Drive operational excellence through automation and self-service capabilities.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Python

Shell scripting

Platform engineering

SRE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD or Flux

Helm

Prometheus/Grafana

Karpenter/KEDA

Job description

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (Relocation Support Available for International Candidates)

Join a technology-driven organization building and operating mission-critical digital platforms that serve large-scale internal and customer-facing services.

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps Specialist to help design, automate, secure, and operate modern cloud-native platforms. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, building scalable automation, improving developer experience, and ensuring platform reliability at scale.

This position offers the opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies, Kubernetes platforms, Infrastructure-as-Code, DevOps automation, and production-grade systems within a highly collaborative engineering environment.

What You'll Be Doing

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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes administration and operations experience.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Terraform
• Git
• CI/CD platforms
• Cloud infrastructure
• Experience supporting production environments and critical business applications.
• Experience building automation solutions using Python, Bash, Shell scripting, or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code principles and cloud-native architectures.
• Financial services, fintech, banking, telecommunications, or other highly regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following:

• AWS, Azure, or GCP
• GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
• GitOps platforms such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Helm
• Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Loki, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk
• Karpenter, KEDA, Istio, Service Mesh technologies
• DevSecOps practices and security automation
• Terraform Associate, CKA, CKAD, AWS/Azure/GCP certifications

What We're Looking For.

We are particularly interested in engineers who:

• Remain highly hands-on technically.
• Have managed Kubernetes platforms in real production environments.
• Enjoy solving infrastructure and reliability challenges.
• Have built CI/CD and automation solutions from the ground up.
• Take ownership of platform stability, operational excellence, and engineering quality.
• Thrive in collaborative, fast-moving environments.

International Candidates

We welcome applications from experienced international candidates interested in relocating to Abu Dhabi. The role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale modern platforms while enjoying:

• A growing technology ecosystem
• Long-term career development opportunities
• Exposure to cloud-native and platform engineering initiatives
• Tax-efficient compensation environment
• High quality of life and international community

DevOps Specialist in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates