Senior DevOps Engineer

Reech Corporations Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading startup focused on AI innovation and energy efficiency is seeking a passionate Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team in Abu Dhabi. You will play a pivotal role in designing and managing cloud infrastructure, as well as driving CI/CD initiatives to enhance product features. This is a unique opportunity to make a substantial impact in a collaborative and dynamic environment, where your expertise will be highly valued.

Benefits

Health insurance

Generous annual leave

Visa sponsorship

Discretionary bonus opportunity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production grade DevOps experience.
• Strong proficiency with AWS and CI/CD frameworks.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage the cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure seamless deployment and scaling services.
• Optimize deployments, data pipelines, and security.

Skills

CI/CD frameworks

AWS

Scripting languages

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Containerization

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Job description

Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your ideas can directly impact the product? We're seeking a passionate Senior DevOps Engineer to join our well-funded and growing startup team! In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping competitive features for our building efficiency platform. Meeting climate targets is a worldwide challenge, and we enable the real estate industry to achieve their sustainability targets. You'll be working closely with a small, cross-functional team of product experts and engineers. You'll have the opportunity to:

● Design, implement and manage the cloud infrastructure.

● Enable and accelerate the work of developers and data scientists.

● Ensure seamless deployment and scaling services.

● Have a significant say in infrastructure design and architecture.

● Witness the impact of your decisions firsthand as we rapidly iterate and improve.

This is an exciting chance to build a successful product from the ground up in a dynamic startup environment. If you're a creative problem solver who enjoys collaboration and making a real difference, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

• Develop and own scalable, reproducible, reliable, and secure infrastructure in an IaC fashion for big data processing, storage, and analysis.
• Design cMatter’s multi-account AWS strategies i.e. AWS accounts across multiple environments. AWS EKS, ECS, RDS, MSK etc.
• Demonstrate leadership mindset in taking initiatives, making decisions and enforcing best practices that everyone benefits from.
• CI/CD and GitOps leadership: for example, CI/CD pipelines for applications/infrastructure and implementing GitOps workflows (e.g. branching and merging strategies)
• Proactive security: by embedding code security scanning early in the CICD pipeline and docker images scanning.
• Closely collaborate with development teams to optimize deployments, data pipelines, security, and enforce best practices from the infrastructure/DevOps perspective.
• Introduce and support proper monitoring solutions to ensure high availability and proactive incidents management.
• Incorporate security, cost management and sustainability in every architecture/design discussion.

What you'll need

Must have:

• 5+ years of production grade DevOps responsibilities, i.e. designing, deploying and maintaining high-availability, scalable and secure infrastructure in production.
• Proven experience in CI/CD frameworks, for example GitLab CI or GitHub actions
• Strong knowledge of secret management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS secret manager)
• Strong proficiency with AWS (Managed AWS services, Networking)
• Very good knowledge in Networking and DNS management.
• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for infrastructure automation.
• Expertise in IaC (Terraform)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and driving cross-team initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written

Nice to have:

• Certifications in AWS/DevOps.
• Experience with real-time data pipelines (For example, Kafka)
• Experience with MLOps
• Experience in Java / Python / C++ experience
• Experience in Embedded / IoT exposure

Why join us

This isn't just another role; it's an opportunity to become a core member of our innovative startup team and work alongside a talented and inclusive team of product experts and engineers. Here's what makes this role special:

• Be valued: Your ideas and expertise will directly influence product direction. This is your chance to make a real difference.
• Collaborative spirit: Open communication and teamwork are paramount, alongside the drive for excellence and ultimate customer satisfaction.
• Live and work in a forward looking, multicultural hub: Experience the dynamic energy of the UAE, a top destination for ambitious professionals.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits Package: We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
  • Health insurance
  • Generous annual leave
  • Visa sponsorship
  • The chance to earn a discretionary bonus

About us

cMatter is the technology arm of Reech Corporations Group (RCG), focused on AI innovation and analytics in the areas of energy efficiency and carbon reduction. RCG is a well-established investment powerhouse that identifies market inefficiencies and develops technology-led solutions to redefine entire industries for growth.