Senior DevOps

Caliberly; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services tech company in Dubai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience, strong skills in containerization and orchestration, and a solid background in CI/CD practices. This role is suited for those who enjoy automating processes and want to collaborate closely with developers to deliver reliable financial services at scale. Both local and highly qualified remote candidates are welcome.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands‑on with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid background in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Strong infrastructure‑as‑code skills (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Good understanding of networking, security groups, VPNs, and zero‑trust concepts.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, etc.).
• Familiarity with secrets management and security best practices (Vault, KMS, IAM).
• Comfortable supporting Java and Node/React‑based applications in production.
• Strong mindset around reliability, scalability, incident response, and post‑mortems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate environments and make them observable and reliable.
• Collaborate closely with developers to deliver secure, robust financial services.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Infrastructure Engineering

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Monitoring

Logging

Java

Node

React

Job description

Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (5+ years) to design, build, and operate our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

Profile summary

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Hands‑on with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid background in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Strong infrastructure‑as‑code skills (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Good understanding of networking, security groups, VPNs, and zero‑trust concepts
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, etc.)
• Familiarity with secrets management and security best practices (Vault, KMS, IAM)
• Comfortable supporting Java and Node/React‑based applications in production
• Strong mindset around reliability, scalability, incident response, and post‑mortems
• Bonus: experience in fintech/payments, high‑availability systems, regulated environments, or ISO 27001/SOC2 practices

Languages and location

• Fluent English is a must (written and spoken)
• Location: strong preference for UAE, Dubai, with flexibility for remote candidates who are highly qualified

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys automating everything, making environments observable and reliable, and partnering closely with developers to ship secure, robust financial services at scale.