Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud CI/CD & Security for Banking

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking an experienced DevOps engineer to design and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines for banking applications and digital platforms. You will build automated deployment pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and IaC, while ensuring high availability, security, and compliance across Azure and AWS environments.

Responsibilities include implementing DevSecOps controls, maintaining SonarQube gates, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize deployments and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting banking, financial services, digital channels, API platforms, or mission-critical systems.
• Strong API/microservices deployment strategies.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps controls and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, resilience, HA, DR, and observability.
• Experience with Agile, DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering.
• Familiarity with change management, CAB approvals, release governance, and audit requirements in regulated environments.
• AWS/Azure/Kubernetes certifications and security standards like PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, OWASP, NIST.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines supporting banking applications, APIs, microservices, and digital platforms.
• Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Manage application deployments across Azure and AWS cloud environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Implement DevSecOps controls including code quality gates, security scanning, vulnerability management, and compliance automation.
• Administer and optimize SonarQube quality gates, code coverage, and technical debt management processes.
• Design and maintain Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, and EKS deployment platforms.
• Collaborate with development, security, infrastructure, SRE, and architecture teams to ensure reliable delivery of banking solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, disaster recovery, backup, and operational processes.
• Support release management, environment management, production deployments, and incident resolution activities.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Shell/PowerShell/Python

Cloud (Azure/AWS)

Security in DevOps / DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Azure DevOps

AKS

Key Vault

App Services

Application Insights

Azure Monitor

AWS (EKS, EC2, ECS)

Job description

Halian is seeking an experienced DevOps engineer to design and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines for banking applications and digital platforms. You will build automated deployment pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and IaC, while ensuring high availability, security, and compliance across Azure and AWS environments.

Responsibilities include implementing DevSecOps controls, maintaining SonarQube gates, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize deployments and