Platform Engineer (ME)

LSD Open; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WFH flexibility

RH certifications included

Home office budget

Therapy & coaching services

15 days PTO

Job summary

LSD Open in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, and optimise enterprise platforms across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments. This high-impact individual contributor role combines deep technical expertise with customer ownership and commercial awareness.

You will operate autonomously, act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, support complex engagements and help raise the capability of the wider Platform Engineering team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' hands-on Red Hat OpenShift experience.
• Experience with multiple Red Hat technologies.
• Strong CI/CD and GitOps tooling experience (ArgoCD, Flux, GitLab, GitHub Actions or Jenkins).
• Proven experience with Prometheus/Grafana and/or Elastic; RHEL administration.
• Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers; able to work independently on multiple engagements.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and optimise platforms across the full technology stack.
• Own platform life cycle including availability, scalability, security and performance.
• Engineer enterprise Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes environments.
• Automate delivery and operations using mature DevSecOps, CI/CD and GitOps practices.
• Act as the primary technical relationship owner for customer engagements.
• Resolve complex platform and MKS issues and lead critical incident resolution.
• Identify continuous improvement, automation and standardisation opportunities.
• Mentor Platform Engineers and Junior Platform Engineers; review delivery quality.
• Support sales, solution design, proposals and pricing; identify up-sell opportunities.
• Manage delivery scope, utilisation and margin to protect commercial outcomes.
• Travel across the Middle East, Africa and internationally as required.

Skills

OpenShift

CI/CD

GitOps

ArgoCD

Flux

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic

RHEL administration

Mentoring

Cloud/AWS

Ansible

Observability

OpenShift Platform Plus

Customer engagements

Education

RHCA

3 Red Hat certifications

CKA

CKAD/CKS

AWS certifications

Tools

Not specified

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build and optimise enterprise platforms across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with customer ownership and commercial awareness. You will operate autonomously, become a trusted technical advisor to customers, support complex engagements and help raise the capability of the wider Platform Engineering team.

You will also have the opportunity to support pre-sales, identify account growth opportunities and mentor junior engineers.

What you'll do:

• Design, deploy and optimise platforms across the full technology stack
• Own platform life cycle, including availability, scalability, security and performance
• Engineer enterprise Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes environments
• Automate delivery and operations using mature DevSecOps, CI/CD and GitOps practices
• Act as the primary technical relationship owner for customer engagements
• Resolve complex platform and MKS issues and lead critical incident resolution
• Identify continuous improvement, automation and standardisation opportunities
• Mentor Platform Engineers and Junior Platform Engineers and review delivery quality
• Support sales, solution design, proposals and pricing
• Identify up-sell and extension opportunities within existing customer accounts
• Manage delivery scope, utilisation and margin to protect commercial outcomes
• Travel across the Middle East, Africa and internationally as required.

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build and optimise enterprise platforms across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with customer ownership and commercial awareness. You will operate autonomously, become a trusted technical advisor to customers, support complex engagements and help raise the capability of the wider Platform Engineering team.

You will also have the opportunity to support pre-sales, identify account growth opportunities and mentor junior engineers.

What you'll do:

• Design, deploy and optimise platforms across the full technology stack
• Own platform life cycle, including availability, scalability, security and performance
• Engineer enterprise Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes environments
• Automate delivery and operations using mature DevSecOps, CI/CD and GitOps practices
• Act as the primary technical relationship owner for customer engagements
• Resolve complex platform and MKS issues and lead critical incident resolution
• Identify continuous improvement, automation and standardisation opportunities
• Mentor Platform Engineers and Junior Platform Engineers and review delivery quality
• Support sales, solution design, proposals and pricing
• Identify up-sell and extension opportunities within existing customer accounts
• Manage delivery scope, utilisation and margin to protect commercial outcomes
• Travel across the Middle East, Africa and internationally as required.

Requirements

Required experience:

• 6+ years' hands-on Red Hat OpenShift experience
• Strong full-stack capability across at least two of:
• OpenShift Platform Plus | Ansible | AWS | Kafka | Observability
• Proven experience with multiple Red Hat technologies
• Strong CI/CD and GitOps experience: ArgoCD, Flux, GitLab, GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Experience with Prometheus/Grafana and/or Elastic
• Proven RHEL administration at scale
• Experience managing customers from both a technical and commercial perspective
• Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers
• Ability to work independently across multiple concurrent customer engagements

Required Certifications:

• Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
• Minimum 3 Red Hat certifications
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• CKAD or CKS advantageous
• AWS certification(s) advantageous

Benefits

• Work-From-Home Flexibility: Design a remote work schedule tailored to your personal rhythm and productivity style.

• Free Red Hat Certifications: Full support for your professional growth with free access to official Red Hat training courses, certification exams (EX380, EX316, etc.), and Udemy resources.

• Home Office Budget: Complete financial coverage for gear, high-end monitors, and ergonomic set-ups for your home workspace.

• Holistic Support: Free access to therapy via Ollie Health and dedicated personal financial coaching through Verdades Consulting.

• Generous PTO: 15 days of annual leave to start, with incremental scaling based on milestone tenure.