Platform Engineer

MPH; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

MPH is seeking a capable Cloud Operations Engineer to own platform reliability across Azure and AKS, drive security hardening, and automate deployment pipelines. You will work with SOC and Infra teams to manage incidents and implement preventive actions, ensuring compliant and resilient cloud infrastructure.

The role covers platform operations, cybersecurity incident response, and DevOps automation with a strong emphasis on monitoring, tooling, and secure configurations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in Cloud Operations, SRE, DevOps, or related fields.
• Experience with Azure and Kubernetes (AKS) environments.
• Ability to implement security, compliance, and hardening practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 support for production environments on Azure and AKS.
• Monitor performance, availability, and reliability of systems.
• Lead incident resolution within SLAs and participate in on-call rotations.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Administer Azure services and Kubernetes clusters; manage deployments and updates.
• Enhance security posture via vulnerability management and incident response.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation tasks.
• Collaborate with SOC, Infra, App, and Ops teams on threats and remediation.

Skills

Azure Administration

AKS Administration

Linux Administration

CI/CD Platforms

Monitoring & Observability

Scripting

Networking Fundamentals

Cybersecurity operations & IR

Vulnerability management

Microsoft Defender Suite

SIEM (Sentinel or similar)

IAM

Security hardening & compliance

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

Azure Monitor

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Microsoft Defender Suite

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Platform Operations & Support

• Provide L2/L3 support for production environments hosted on Azure and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability.
• Investigate and resolve incidents within contractual SLAs.
• Participate in on-call support and critical incident management.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.

Cloud & Infrastructure Management

• Administer and maintain Azure cloud services and Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage deployments, upgrades, backups, and infrastructure changes.
• Optimize performance, scalability, availability, and cost.
• Ensure infrastructure complies with security and operational standards.

Cybersecurity Operations

• Act as the technical focal point for cybersecurity alerts raised by SOC teams.
• Perform initial triage, investigation, containment, remediation, and follow-up of security incidents.
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application, and Operations teams to address identified threats and vulnerabilities.
• Support vulnerability management activities, including assessment, remediation planning, implementation, and validation.
• Manage and monitor security tools such as Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Security Center, and endpoint protection solutions.
• Implement and maintain security hardening measures across servers, cloud platforms, containers, and applications.
• Participate in cybersecurity audits, compliance reviews, penetration tests, and corrective action plans.
• Develop and maintain security-related procedures, runbooks, and incident response documentation.
• Ensure timely closure of cybersecurity actions and compliance with contractual and corporate security requirements.

DevOps & Automation

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate operational and security tasks using scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
• Support application deployments and release management processes.

Required Technical Skills

• Microsoft Azure Administration.
• Kubernetes (AKS) Administration.
• Linux System Administration.
• CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, Firewalls, Load Balancers).
• Cybersecurity operations and incident response.
• Vulnerability management and remediation.
• Microsoft Defender Suite.
• Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent SIEM solutions.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Security hardening and compliance best practices.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• Microsoft SC-200 Security Operations Analyst.
• Microsoft SC-300 Identity and Access Administrator.
• Security+ or CISSP.
• ITIL Foundation.

Experience Required

• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Cloud Operations
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• DevOps
• System Administration
• Platform Support
• Infrastructure Operations
• Junior to Mid-Level profile accepted.
• Strong willingness to learn is considered as important as technical expertise.