Senior DevOps Engineer — Cloud, CI/CD & Kubernetes Lead

Client of AIQU; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of AIQU in Dubai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead design, implementation and ongoing maintenance of cloud and on-prem infrastructure. You will build scalable CI/CD pipelines, container platforms and automation frameworks to support a fast-paced delivery cycle.

You will collaborate with software engineers, QA and security teams, mentor junior engineers and help drive best practices, reliability and security across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles.
• Expert in Bash scripting and Python.
• Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying on AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge of on-premise server and network management.
• Proficient with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and IaC concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and detail orientation.
• Ability to work independently and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple stacks.
• Develop and manage containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning in AWS, Azure and on-premise data centers.
• Write Bash and Python scripts to streamline ops tasks.
• Implement monitoring and logging to ensure reliability.
• Troubleshoot performance, scalability and security issues.
• Collaborate with software engineers, QA and security teams to enforce DevOps best practices.
• Conduct architecture reviews to improve high availability and disaster recovery.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python programming

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Problem-solving

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Client of AIQU in Dubai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead design, implementation and ongoing maintenance of cloud and on-prem infrastructure. You will build scalable CI/CD pipelines, container platforms and automation frameworks to support a fast-paced delivery cycle.

You will collaborate with software engineers, QA and security teams, mentor junior engineers and help drive best practices, reliability and security across hybrid environments.