Platform Engineer

Discovered MENA; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovered MENA is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the design and evolution of a massive, customer-facing cloud platform in the UAE. You will architect Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Services at scale, delivering PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, and Redis with production-grade operators and robust security.

Role focuses on reliability, disaster recovery, and scalable infrastructure, with exposure to multi-tenant security, IAM integration, and modern observability tooling.

Qualifications

• Expert-level hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and underlying cloud infrastructure frameworks.
• Solid foundation in Linux internals, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing, and storage integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and implement Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Platform services for global enterprise customers.
• Architect managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, and Redis services using production-grade operators.
• Own day-to-day reliability, backup architectures, disaster recovery, scaling, and connection pooling.
• Implement multi-tenant operational security including mTLS, credential rotation, IAM integration, secure parameter baselines, and image vulnerability management.

Skills

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Cloud infrastructure

Linux internals

Networking/DNS/PKI

Load balancing

Storage integrations

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Argo CD

Flux

Crossplane

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Are you ready to architect the future of enterprise cloud platforms?

About the company

Our client is a premier enterprise technology and cloud infrastructure provider driving next-generation cloud platforms and automated data services.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the technical implementation and evolution of a massive, customer-facing cloud platform. In this role, you will be the engineering brains behind delivering Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Services at a huge scale.

What You Will Do:

• Design, engineer, and implement Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Platform services for global enterprise customers.
• Architect managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, and Redis services using production-grade operators (e.g., CloudNativePG, Crunchy Data, Zalando, Percona, Strimzi).
• Own the day-to-day reliability, backup architectures (pgBackRest, Sentinel), disaster recovery, scaling, and connection pooling protocols.
• Implement multi-tenant operational security including mTLS, automated credential rotation, IAM integration, secure parameter baselines, and image vulnerability management.

What We Are Looking For:

• Expert-level hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and underlying cloud infrastructure frameworks (such as OpenStack).
• Solid foundation in Linux internals, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing, and storage integrations (Cinder, Manila, S3-compatible).

Bonus if you have these skills:

• GitOps / Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Flux, or Crossplane.
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, or OpenTelemetry.