Platform Reliability Engineer

AL TARIQ; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visas

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependants

Education allowances for children

Job summary

EDGE Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Platform Reliability Engineer to join our hybrid multi-cloud platform. You will focus on automation, resilience, recoverability, and operational excellence as we migrate from VMware to modern cloud technologies.

Expect to automate complex tasks, validate backups with Rubrik, run DR testing, and improve observability and incident response across the platform, leveraging Nutanix and public cloud. Strong scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in enterprise infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Experience with Nutanix, VMware, public cloud platforms, and backup/recovery tech.
• Strong automation skills using PowerShell, Python, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, performance, and recoverability of platform services.
• Plan and execute disaster recovery testing and recovery assurance.
• Support migrations from VMware to modern cloud platforms.
• Develop automation to reduce operational effort and improve service reliability.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and readiness across the platform.

Skills

Nutanix

VMware

Public cloud

Backup/recovery technologies

PowerShell

Python

Automation

Observability/Monitoring

Tools

Rubrik

Job description

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About EDGE Group

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.
Together, we are shaping the future.

About the Opportunity

Were building a highly resilient hybrid multicloud platform spanning Nutanix and public cloud, while delivering a major migration from VMware. Were looking for a Platform Reliability Engineer who is passionate about automation, resilience, recoverability, and operational excellence.This is not a traditional infrastructure operations role. We want someone who can demonstrate how they have improved platform reliability through engineering, automation, monitoring, disaster recovery testing, and continuous improvement.

What youll be doing

• Ensuring the reliability, performance, and recoverability of critical platform services
• Managing and validating backup and recovery capabilities using enterprise tools such as Rubrik
• Planning and executing disaster recovery testing and recovery assurance activities
• Supporting platform and workload migrations from VMware to modern cloud platforms
• Developing automation to reduce operational effort and improve service reliability
• Improving observability, monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness across the platform

What were looking for

• 8 to 10 plus years of strong experience with enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering
• Experience with Nutanix, VMware, public cloud platforms, and backup/recovery technologies
• Strong PowerShell, Python, or similar automation skills
• Experience improving platform resilience, recoverability, and operational efficiency through automation
• Proven ability to reduce operational toil and improve reliability at scale

For this role, you must be able to demonstrate:

• Reliability improvements youve delivered and how success was measured
• Disaster recovery programmes or recovery testing youve led
• Operational processes youve automated and the impact achieved
• How you validate recoverability, not just successful backups
• Major migration or transformation programmes youve supported

If youre passionate about building resilient platforms, proving recoverability, and eliminating manual operational effort through automation, wed like to hear from you.

Why Choose EDGE?

Working at EDGE comes with a package that genuinely reflects how much we value our people. Salaries are highly competitive and tax-free and, depending on your role and seniority, benefits can include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependants, and education allowances for your children.

But the real investment goes further than compensation. Through our own learning academy and digital learning platform, there are extensive opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. Add to that the freedom to innovate, strong career guidance, and the chance to work alongside world-class talent from across the globe, and EDGE becomes a place where you can keep growing, keep learning, and keep turning bold ideas into something real.

Candidate Privacy & Equal Opportunity Statement

Any information you share as part of your EDGE candidate profile or job application will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations.

EDGE is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing workforce. We believe every individual deserves to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity, and our employment decisions reflect that. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

As a global organisation, effective collaboration across international teams is central to how we work, so English proficiency is required for all roles unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

Please note that EDGE does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Any resumes in the absence of a formally executed agreement in place will be deemed the property of EDGE, and no placement fees or compensation will be payable in respect of such submissions.

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