Middle+/Senior Infrastructure-DevOps Engineer

ScienceSoft; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

ScienceSoft is looking for Middle+/Senior Infrastructure-DevOps Engineers to join an advanced technology research environment under a leading innovation institute in Abu Dhabi.

The role centers on designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, with GCP/Azure as needed. Candidates must be open to relocation and onsite work from Year 2 in Abu Dhabi.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience for a Middle position; 5+ years for Senior roles.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services; Google Cloud and Azure are a plus.
• Hands-on Kubernetes deployment, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using Helm for packaging applications.
• Willingness to relocate to Abu Dhabi and work onsite from Year 2.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Deploy, configure, and operate Kubernetes clusters.
• Package and manage applications using Helm charts.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Contribute to secure cloud architecture and best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

ScienceSoft is looking for Middle+/Senior Infrastructure-DevOps Engineer

• Location: EU
• Full-time

Project Overview

We are hiring Middle+ and Senior Infrastructure / DevOps Engineers to join an advanced technology research environment under a leading innovation institute in Abu Dhabi.

The project is currently in active development (PoC stage), with MVP targeted for late 2026. The team works on security-focused infrastructure and cloud-native systems with strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and automation.

The engagement is structured as:

• From Year 2 - relocation to Abu Dhabi (onsite engagement)

Candidates must be open to relocation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS (GCP and Azure when required).
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Deploy, configure, and operate Kubernetes clusters.
• Package and manage applications using Helm charts.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Contribute to secure cloud architecture and best practices.

Requirements to Succeed:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience for a Middle position and 5+ years of experience in DevOps / Infrastructure roles for a Senior position.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services (+ Google and Azure clouds, if possible).
• Basic to intermediate experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting).
• Experience using Helm for application packaging.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and tooling.
• Basic knowledge of networking and cloud security concepts.
• English level B1+ or higher.
• Comfortable building cloud infrastructure from scratch.
• Strong understanding of DevOps automation.
• Ability to operate in Agile environments.
• Openness to long-term relocation to Abu Dhabi.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Experience with container security best practices
• Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Experience with Git-based workflows
• Experience with Rancher, ArgoCD, Ansible, OpenShift.