Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer

DiceTek UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 260,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, seeks a Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer for a full-time on-site role. You will provision and operate Azure-based infrastructure, Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, Linux environments and automated workflows to support core banking and digital transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings 6–12 years of banking infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, with hands-on skills in Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Terraform and

Qualifications

• 6 to 12 years in banking infrastructure, cloud engineering or platform operations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience with Terraform, GitOps and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure and operate Microsoft Azure infrastructure for banking apps.
• Maintain cloud environments for reliable platform operations and scalability.
• Manage IaC and automation to ensure consistent deployments.
• Monitor availability, capacity and performance of cloud platforms.
• Support backup, disaster recovery and security hardening.
• Apply observability and AI-assisted tools for incident analysis.

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux

Terraform

GitOps

Observability

AIOps

Job description

Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer Job Snapshot - Role: Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer - Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Industry: Banking - Function: Network and Server Administration - Experience: 6 to 12 years in banking infrastructure, cloud engineering or platform operations - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Position Overview

Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer for a full-time, on-site opportunity in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on provisioning, operating and securing cloud infrastructure, container platforms and integration environments supporting banking technology operations and large-scale digital transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise in Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux, Terraform, GitOps and infrastructure automation. Experience managing platform availability, scalability, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery is essential. The position also involves applying modern observability and AIOps capabilities to improve operational efficiency, incident investigation and infrastructure reliability. AI-assisted operational activities must remain subject to approved access controls and established security requirements.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Banking
• Function: Network and Server Administration
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning and Operations

• Provision, configure and operate Microsoft Azure infrastructure supporting banking applications and technology services.
• Maintain cloud environments to support reliable platform operations.
• Manage infrastructure configurations and operational requirements across relevant cloud workloads.
• Support infrastructure requirements associated with core banking and digital transformation environments.
• Coordinate cloud infrastructure activities with relevant technology and platform teams.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and address operational issues affecting service reliability.

Kubernetes and OpenShift Platform Management

• Provision and operate Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.
• Support container platform infrastructure and associated operational services.
• Maintain platform availability and operational stability.
• Manage infrastructure scaling requirements to support changing workload demands.
• Investigate platform-related operational issues and coordinate appropriate remediation.
• Support integration between container platforms and underlying cloud infrastructure.
• Apply relevant platform security and operational controls.

Linux Infrastructure Administration

• Administer Linux environments supporting cloud and platform operations.
• Maintain operating system configurations and infrastructure services.
• Investigate Linux-related performance and availability issues.
• Support infrastructure maintenance and operational troubleshooting.
• Apply approved system hardening requirements.
• Coordinate Linux infrastructure activities with relevant platform and application teams.

Infrastructure as Code and Automation

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain automated infrastructure provisioning workflows.
• Apply GitOps principles to infrastructure and platform management.
• Automate repeatable infrastructure configuration and operational activities.
• Maintain consistency between infrastructure definitions and deployed environments.
• Support controlled infrastructure changes through approved automation practices.
• Review infrastructure code to identify potential configuration, reliability and security issues.

Availability, Scalability and Capacity Management

• Monitor cloud and platform availability against operational requirements.
• Support infrastructure scaling to accommodate changing application workloads.
• Evaluate infrastructure utilization and capacity requirements.
• Identify potential resource constraints affecting platform performance.
• Coordinate capacity improvements with relevant infrastructure stakeholders.
• Maintain operational visibility of infrastructure health and performance.
• Support reliable operation of platforms used in banking technology environments.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Manage infrastructure backup and disaster recovery requirements.
• Support backup arrangements for relevant cloud and platform environments.
• Maintain operational readiness for infrastructure recovery activities.
• Coordinate disaster recovery requirements with relevant technology teams.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of recovery procedures.
• Identify infrastructure dependencies that may affect service recovery.
• Assist with resolving backup and disaster recovery issues.

Observability and Operational Monitoring

• Support observability capabilities across cloud and platform infrastructure.
• Monitor infrastructure logs, operational events and performance information.
• Investigate alerts and identify potential infrastructure issues.
• Use monitoring information to support incident investigation and operational troubleshooting.
• Correlate infrastructure events to improve visibility of service disruptions.
• Support capacity management through monitoring and operational analysis.
• Maintain awareness of platform health and emerging operational risks.

Infrastructure Security and Hardening

• Apply approved security hardening requirements across cloud and platform environments.
• Review infrastructure configurations for potential security weaknesses.
• Support secure operation of Linux, Azure and container platforms.
• Integrate relevant security requirements into infrastructure automation.
• Coordinate remediation of identified infrastructure security issues.
• Maintain appropriate access controls for infrastructure management and operational tools.
• Support consistent application of security controls across relevant environments.

API and Event Platform Infrastructure

• Support infrastructure requirements for API-based integration platforms.
• Maintain awareness of infrastructure dependencies supporting event-driven systems.
• Coordinate operational requirements affecting API and event-platform infrastructure.
• Support platform availability and infrastructure reliability for integration workloads.
• Investigate infrastructure-related issues affecting connected applications and services.
• Work with relevant integration and application teams to address operational dependencies.

AIOps and AI-Assisted Infrastructure Operations

• Apply AIOps capabilities to support infrastructure monitoring and operational analysis.
• Use approved AI-assisted tools to analyse infrastructure logs and identify potential issues.
• Support incident correlation through AI-assisted operational analysis.
• Apply AI capabilities to assist with operational runbooks and troubleshooting activities.
• Use approved AI-assisted tools to review infrastructure code and identify potential improvements.
• Maintain appropriate human oversight of AI-assisted operational recommendations.
• Ensure AI-enabled operational activities remain within approved access permissions and security controls.
• Support responsible adoption of modern cloud engineering and operational automation tools.

Required Experience

• 6 to 12 years of experience in banking infrastructure, cloud engineering or platform operations.
• Experience supporting large core banking or digital transformation environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Practical experience administering Kubernetes or OpenShift platforms.
• Experience managing Linux infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience implementing GitOps and platform automation practices.
• Understanding of infrastructure monitoring, observability and capacity management.
• Experience supporting infrastructure availability, backup and disaster recovery.
• Familiarity with API and event-platform infrastructure.
• Experience with AIOps capabilities and modern cloud engineering tools.

Required Technical Skills

Cloud and Platform Technologies

• Microsoft Azure
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Linux infrastructure administration
• Cloud infrastructure provisioning
• Container platform operations
• Infrastructure scalability and availability management

Infrastructure Automation

• Terraform
• Infrastructure as Code
• GitOps
• Automated infrastructure provisioning
• Platform configuration automation
• Infrastructure code review
• Controlled infrastructure changes

Infrastructure Operations

• Platform monitoring and observability
• Infrastructure capacity management
• Availability management
• Backup operations
• Disaster recovery
• Operational troubleshooting
• Infrastructure security hardening

Integration Infrastructure

• API platform infrastructure
• Event-platform infrastructure
• Integration workload dependencies
• Platform connectivity and operational reliability

AIOps and AI-Assisted Engineering

• AIOps concepts and operational tools
• AI-assisted log analysis
• Incident correlation
• AI-supported runbook activities
• AI-assisted infrastructure code review
• Controlled access to AI-enabled operational tools
• Human oversight of AI-assisted recommendations

Professional Competencies

• Strong analytical and infrastructure troubleshooting capabilities.
• Ability to maintain reliable cloud and container platform operations.
• Understanding of infrastructure requirements in banking and regulated technology environments.
• Ability to implement repeatable infrastructure automation using approved tools and practices.
• Strong awareness of platform availability, scalability and recovery requirements.
• Ability to interpret infrastructure monitoring information and identify operational issues.
• Effective collaboration with infrastructure, platform, integration and application teams.
• Ability to apply security controls while maintaining operational efficiency.
• Practical understanding of responsible AI-assisted infrastructure operations.

Role Expectations

The Senior Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer will contribute to the reliability, security and operational efficiency of infrastructure supporting banking applications and digital transformation programmes. The role requires hands-on expertise across Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux, Terraform and GitOps, combined with strong infrastructure operations and automation capabilities. The successful candidate will support platform availability, capacity management, observability, backup and disaster recovery while maintaining secure and controlled infrastructure environments. The position also requires the effective use of modern cloud engineering and AIOps technologies to improve operational analysis, incident response support and infrastructure automation without compromising established access controls or human oversight.