Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS Expert) - Cloud Infrastructure

Driven Properties; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A real estate technology firm in Dubai is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with hands-on cloud and DevOps expertise. The role focuses on architecting scalable AWS environments, modernizing cloud infrastructure, and leading containerization and CI/CD practices. Candidates should have 7–10+ years of experience and strong skills in AWS services, Docker, and Terraform. This position offers a competitive salary within a growth-oriented and innovation-focused team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Growth environment

Mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or SRE experience.
• Expert-level AWS skills across various services.
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes/EKS experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Lead cloud infrastructure modernization and microservices deployments.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Bash

Cloud Security

Job description

Department: Growth & Innovation Team
Location: Dubai, UAE
Company: Driven Properties / Driven Group

Role Overview

Driven Properties’ Growth & Innovation Team is building the next generation of real estate technology—including ERP, CRM automation, internal tools, and cloud-native platforms.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS Expert) with 7–10+ years of hands‑on cloud and DevOps experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable AWS cloud environments across Dev, Staging, and Production.
• Lead cloud infrastructure modernization, containerization, and microservices deployments.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Develop, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Automate deployment processes, monitoring, backups, and operational workflows.
• Implement advanced observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK/EFK.
• Lead disaster recovery, incident response, and cloud governance best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership to align infrastructure with business goals.
• Mentor junior engineers and help drive DevOps culture within the team.
• Opportunity to shape large-scale cloud infrastructure across a major real estate group.
• High‑ownership role within a fast‑growing, innovation‑focused team.
• Competitive salary and growth environment.
• Ability to influence technology, architecture, and DevOps direction group‑wide.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or SRE experience.
• Expert‑level AWS skills (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Route53, ALB/NLB).
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes/EKS experience.
• Proficiency in Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Shell).
• Experience with CI/CD tools and microservices environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM design, and network architecture.
• Ability to diagnose, optimize, and scale high‑traffic systems.

Nice to Have

• AWS Professional certifications (Solutions Architect or DevOps).
• Experience designing data pipelines or ETL systems.
• Knowledge of ERP/CRM systems or PropTech platforms.
• Cost optimisation experience in large cloud environments.