Senior DevOps Engineer — Azure, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Thales; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales in Dubai seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep Azure expertise to design and manage cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will work on Helm charts, Terraform, and multicloud readiness, ensuring robust and scalable deployments in a defense-oriented environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with GitLab CI, Kubernetes, Linux admin, and a strong automation mindset. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and adherence to security and reliability standards are

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on DevOps experience.
• Strong practical experience with Azure Cloud services and architecture.
• Solid experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment workflows.
• Proven expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipeline creation and optimization.
• Strong understanding of Linux administration and system-level troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts, DevOps culture and automation-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI to support automated builds, testing and deployments.
• Develop, maintain and optimize Helm charts for Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Architect, provision and manage cloud infrastructure with a primary focus on Azure.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform across Azure environments.
• Manage and optimize Linux-based systems ensuring performance, security and reliability.
• Collaborate with development, QA and operations teams to streamline workflows.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues and ensure high Availability of production systems.
• Drive DevOps best practices including automation, observability and continuous improvement.
• Support containerized workloads and Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Contribute to multicloud readiness; experience with AWS or GCP is a plus.

Skills

Azure Cloud

GitLab CI

Helm charts

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux

CI/CD

Multicloud

AWS

GCP

Tools

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

Thales in Dubai seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep Azure expertise to design and manage cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will work on Helm charts, Terraform, and multicloud readiness, ensuring robust and scalable deployments in a defense-oriented environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with GitLab CI, Kubernetes, Linux admin, and a strong automation mindset. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and adherence to security and reliability standards are