DevSecOps Engineer

NEXT Ventures; Dubai; On-site; AED 310,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to build and scale cloud-native infrastructure behind multiple SaaS products on AWS and Kubernetes. You will own CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, and secure delivery with Cloudflare at the edge, while embedding security and AI-assisted tooling throughout the platform.

The role requires 3–5 years in DevOps, strong cloud-native skills, and experience with IaC, scripting, and on-call reliability practices.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Infrastructure engineering.
• Strong command of DevOps practices and tooling — CI/CD, version control (Git), automated testing/deployment, and configuration management.
• Solid cloud-native experience: containers (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and a major cloud provider (AWS strongly preferred).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar).
• Scripting/automation ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Security-aware engineering — secrets management, least-privilege IAM, and shift-left security baked into pipelines.
• Edge / CDN / WAF experience — managing DNS, WAF, and DDoS protection at the edge (Cloudflare strongly preferred).
• AI-efficient mindset — you actively use AI/LLM tools to boost productivity and problem-solving.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts across DNS, CDN, networking, origin, and application layers.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using infrastructure-as-code.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines — making deployments faster, safer, and more self-service for product engineering teams.
• Run and harden Kubernetes (EKS) workloads: scaling, resource management, observability, and cluster health.
• Manage edge, CDN, and security through Cloudflare — DNS, WAF, rate limiting, and DDoS protection.
• Embed security into the platform — secrets management, least-privilege IAM, and shift-left practices baked into pipelines.
• Leverage AI tooling to accelerate delivery, reduce toil, and improve quality.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation with solid runbooks and blameless post-incident reviews.
• Continuously reduce manual toil through automation and better tooling.

Skills

CI/CD

Git

Automation

Python/Bash/Go

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Cloudflare

AI tooling

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloudflare

Job description

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm — 220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

We’re growing our Platform Engineering team and looking for a DevSecOps Engineer who lives and breathes modern DevSecOps and cloud-native practices. You’ll help build, automate, secure, and operate the infrastructure behind multiple customer-facing SaaS products running on AWS and Kubernetes, fronted by Cloudflare at the edge. This is a hands‑on role for someone who treats infrastructure as code, automates relentlessly, and uses AI tooling to move faster without cutting corners. You’ll share ownership of reliability, deployment pipelines, and platform tooling — and have real influence over how we scale as the team and the load grow.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Build and operate cloud‑native infrastructure on AWS using infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines — making deployments faster, safer, and more self‑service for product engineering teams.
• Run and harden Kubernetes (EKS) workloads: scaling, resource management, observability, and cluster health.
• Manage edge, CDN, and security through Cloudflare — DNS, WAF, rate limiting, and DDoS protection.
• Embed security into the platform — secrets management, least‑privilege IAM, and shift‑left practices baked into pipelines.
• Leverage AI tooling (coding assistants, automation, ops copilots) to accelerate delivery, reduce toil, and improve quality.
• Participate in a shared on‑call rotation with solid runbooks and blameless post‑incident reviews.
• Continuously reduce manual toil through automation and better tooling.

What You Bring

• 3–5 years of hands‑on experience in DevOps or Infrastructure engineering.
• Strong command of DevOps practices and tooling — CI/CD, version control (Git), automated testing/deployment, and configuration management.
• Solid cloud‑native experience: containers (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and a major cloud provider (AWS strongly preferred).
• Proficiency with infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar).
• Scripting/automation ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Security‑aware engineering — secrets management, least‑privilege IAM, and shift‑left security baked into pipelines.
• Edge / CDN / WAF experience — managing DNS, WAF, and DDoS protection at the edge (Cloudflare strongly preferred).
• AI‑efficient mindset — you actively use AI/LLM tools to boost productivity and problem‑solving, and have good judgment about where they help and where they don’t.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts across DNS, CDN, networking, origin, and application layers.
• You must demonstrate active, daily use of modern AI agentic workflows — well beyond basic ChatGPT prompts or Copilot autocomplete. We expect fluency with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar), project‑level AI configuration (CLAUDE.md, rules files), agentic task delegation, and AI‑driven code review. The bar is 5–10x productivity through AI‑augmented development. Candidates who are not AI‑native in their engineering workflow will not advance.
• Deep hands‑on Cloudflare experience — WAF custom rules, Workers, Bot Management, or Turnstile. Strong Cloudflare knowledge is a significant advantage and will be prioritized.
• Experience operating fintech, trading, or other high‑availability / regulated platforms.
• EKS‑specific production experience (HPA, cluster autoscaling, PDBs, service mesh).

Your Journey After Applying

• 30‑minute HR session with the Talent Acquisition team.
• 60‑minute technical session with the Platform Squad Lead (hiring manager).
• Technical assessment — a hands‑on infrastructure / system‑design exercise.
• Final session with Engineering leadership.

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, performance is more than numbers — it’s the pulse that drives innovation and impact. Join us to build and harden the platform that lets a global community of traders perform at their best, every second of every day. Here, infrastructure isn’t a back office — it’s the engine room of the entire business, and the engineers who run it shape how fast we can grow.

Your next chapter in building at scale begins here.

Experience level: Senior