Senior DevOps Engineer – Advanced R&D & Critical Infrastructure

DISCOVERED; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and R&D organization is offering an elite senior DevOps opportunity in Abu Dhabi. The role involves architecting large-scale on-prem and hybrid cloud environments, leading automation initiatives, and ensuring system resilience. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, with at least 7 years of DevOps/SRE experience, strong skills in CI/CD, Linux, and Kubernetes. This long-term opportunity promises significant career stability within a dynamic and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years DevOps/SRE experience with strong expertise in CI/CD, Linux, and containerisation.
• Solid hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, IaC, monitoring stacks, and secure networking.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy and maintain large-scale on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.
• Lead automation initiatives, pipeline optimisation and infrastructure scalability.
• Ensure uptime and resilience of critical systems through proactive monitoring.
• Drive root-cause analysis and long-term system improvements.
• Implement defence-grade hardening and compliance controls.
• Lead engineering sessions, design reviews and technical mentorship.

Skills

CI/CD

Linux

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Monitoring

Secure Networking

Python

Go

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Job description

Job description

An elite senior DevOps opportunity within a confidential engineering and R&D organisation working across defence-grade telecom, space systems and complex distributed platforms. This team builds ultra-reliable infrastructure at scale and offers long-term career stability.

Responsibilities

High-Performance Infrastructure Design

• Architect, deploy and maintain large-scale on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.
• Lead automation initiatives, pipeline optimisation and infrastructure scalability.

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Ensure uptime and resilience of critical systems through proactive monitoring.
• Drive root-cause analysis and long-term system improvements.

Security & Governance

• Implement defence-grade hardening and compliance controls.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams on secure design, secrets management and zero-trust.

Technical Leadership

• Lead engineering sessions, design reviews and technical mentorship.
• Support cross-functional delivery with software, embedded and R&D teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (mandatory).
• 7+ years DevOps/SRE experience with strong expertise in CI/CD, Linux and containerisation.
• Solid hands‑on knowledge of Kubernetes, IaC, monitoring stacks, and secure networking.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in high-security, government or defence environments.
• Strong Python/Go scripting skills.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or large-scale distributed systems.

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