DevSecOps Lead – Kubernetes, Rancher & RKE2

Exasoft; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Exasoft in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced DevSecOps Lead with hands-on Kubernetes expertise. You will oversee cluster operations, troubleshooting, and secure, scalable cloud-native platforms across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities include Rancher Manager and RKE2 management, GPU Operator deployments, and CI/CD/GitOps automation using ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps. Strong security practices and IaC are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Kubernetes administration and advanced troubleshooting experience.
• Practical experience with Rancher Manager installation, configuration and operations.
• Hands-on RKE2 cluster deployment, management and troubleshooting.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPU Operator deployment and GPU workloads on Kubernetes, preferably RKE2.
• Strong CI/CD automation and GitOps implementation experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Kubernetes cluster operations, troubleshooting, performance optimisation and production incident resolution.
• Install, configure, manage and troubleshoot Rancher Manager and RKE2 clusters.
• Deploy and manage NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2, including GPU workload enablement and troubleshooting.
• Design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Implement Kubernetes security best practices, RBAC, secrets management and container security scanning.
• Manage cloud-native infrastructure across Azure, AWS and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Helm and scripting.
• Support monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana and related tools.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

Troubleshooting

CI/CD automation

GitOps

Security practices

RBAC and secrets management

Monitoring & observability

Cloud-native infrastructure

Terraform

Helm

Scripting

Tools

Rancher Manager

RKE2

NVIDIA GPU Operator

ArgoCD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

We are looking for an experienced DevSecOps Lead with strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes troubleshooting, Rancher Manager operations, RKE2 clusters, GPU Operator deployments, CI/CD automation and GitOps.

The ideal candidate should have proven experience managing enterprise-grade Kubernetes environments, resolving complex infrastructure issues and implementing secure, scalable cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead Kubernetes cluster operations, troubleshooting, performance optimisation and production incident resolution.
• Install, configure, manage and troubleshoot Rancher Manager and RKE2 clusters.
• Deploy and manage NVIDIA GPU Operator on RKE2, including GPU workload enablement and troubleshooting.
• Design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Implement Kubernetes security best practices, RBAC, secrets management and container security scanning.
• Manage cloud-native infrastructure across Azure, AWS and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Helm and scripting.
• Support monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana and related tools.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Kubernetes administration and advanced troubleshooting experience.
• Practical experience with Rancher Manager installation, configuration and operations.
• Hands-on RKE2 cluster deployment, management and troubleshooting.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPU Operator deployment and GPU workloads on Kubernetes, preferably RKE2.
• Strong CI/CD automation and GitOps implementation experience.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security, networking, storage and container orchestration.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code.

Good to Have

• VMware Tanzu, AKS or EKS.
• HashiCorp Vault, Trivy, SonarQube or AquaSec.
• Azure AI Foundry or AI/ML infrastructure integration.
• Experience supporting enterprise or regulated environments.