Platform Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer-Azure & Kubernetes (Rail) Dubai,UAE

Segula Technologies; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

SEGULA Technologies in Dubai is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer / Platform Engineer to maintain production platforms on Azure and Kubernetes. The role focuses on availability, performance, security, and reliability, with focus on L2/L3 support, cloud administration, and DevOps automation.

You will work across Azure, AKS, and security tooling, participate in on-call rotations, and help implement hardening and incident response processes in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience as SRE/Platform Engineer.
• Experience with Azure and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Experience with cybersecurity operations and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Platform Operations & Support: Provide L2/L3 technical support for production environments on Azure and AKS, monitor performance, investigate incidents, participate in on-call, and perform root cause analyses.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Management: Administer and optimize Azure services and Kubernetes clusters, manage deployments, upgrades, backups, and changes.
• Cybersecurity Operations: Act as technical contact for SOC alerts, triage incidents, collaborate with teams to remediate vulnerabilities, and support audits and compliance.
• DevOps & Automation: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate tasks via IaC, and support deployments and release management.

Skills

Azure

Kubernetes

DevOps

Incident management

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure Security Center

Job description

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Experience: Minimum 3 years

Seniority Level: Junior to Mid-Level

Company: SEGULA Technologies

Company Description

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group specializing in engineering consulting, technology, and innovation. We support leading organizations across various industries by delivering high-value technical expertise and innovative solutions.

As part of our growing operations in the UAE, we are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Platform Engineer – Azure & Kubernetes to support and maintain mission-critical cloud infrastructure and production environments.

Job Description

The Site Reliability Engineer / Platform Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, performance, and security of production platforms hosted on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes (AKS).

The successful candidate will provide L2/L3 technical support, manage cloud infrastructure, contribute to DevOps automation, and support cybersecurity operations, including the investigation and remediation of security incidents.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Operations & Support

• Provide L2/L3 technical support for production environments hosted on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes (AKS).

• Monitor platform performance, availability, and reliability.

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve technical incidents within established service-level agreements (SLAs).

• Participate in on-call support and critical incident management.

• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to improve platform stability.

Cloud & Infrastructure Management

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Microsoft Azure services and Kubernetes clusters.

• Manage application deployments, infrastructure upgrades, backups, and configuration changes.

• Improve infrastructure performance, scalability, availability, and cost efficiency.

• Ensure compliance with operational and security standards.

Cybersecurity Operations

• Act as a technical point of contact for cybersecurity alerts raised by Security Operations Center (SOC) teams.

• Perform initial triage, investigation, containment, remediation, and follow-up of security incidents.

• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, and operations teams to resolve security vulnerabilities.

• Support vulnerability assessments, remediation planning, implementation, and validation.

• Manage and monitor security tools, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Security Center, and endpoint protection solutions.

• Implement security hardening measures across cloud platforms, servers, containers, and applications.

• Contribute to cybersecurity audits, compliance reviews, penetration testing, and corrective action plans.

• Maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and incident response procedures.

• Ensure the timely resolution of security-related actions in accordance with applicable security requirements.

DevOps & Automation

• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines.

• Automate operational, infrastructure, and security tasks using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Support application deployments, release management, and continuous improvement initiatives.