Senior DevOps Engineer: GitLab CI & Kubernetes (Remote)

Globant; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 331,000 - 477,000; Full time

Job summary

Globant seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to own, optimize, and scale CI/CD pipelines for Python microservices across multi-cloud environments. You will design and maintain production-grade GitLab CI pipelines, Dockerfiles, and Helm charts, collaborating with cloud infra teams to ensure fast, reliable releases.

There is a strong emphasis on Python tooling, pytest-based testing, and advanced scripting in Python and Bash.

Qualifications

• Location required: based in Egypt or Jordan; remote or hybrid depending on location.
• 5–9 years of dedicated DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Build/Release Automation experience.
• Deep, senior-level GitLab CI YAML mastery, runner configurations, caching, and pipeline optimization.
• Production-grade Helm charts development and multi-stage Dockerfile optimization.
• Strong Python ecosystem knowledge: virtual environments, poetry/pip, pytest.
• Kubernetes architecture understanding and familiarity with Azure/AWS.
• Advanced scripting in Python and Bash for deployment tooling.
• Fluent technical English communication (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize GitLab CI pipelines for Python microservices and tests.
• Write and maintain Dockerfiles and Helm charts for deployments to Kubernetes clusters.
• Integrate Python test runners and linting into CI stages.
• Develop Python utilities to overcome runner network restrictions.
• Collaborate with Azure/AWS infra teams and software leads on deployments.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and improve deployment processes and caching.

Skills

GitLab CI Mastery

Docker & Helm

Python Proficiency

Kubernetes & Cloud

Bash Scripting

Troubleshooting

Communication

CI/CD Pipelines

Tools

GitLab CI

Docker

Helm

pytest

Azure

AWS

ArgoCD

Job description

Globant seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to own, optimize, and scale CI/CD pipelines for Python microservices across multi-cloud environments. You will design and maintain production-grade GitLab CI pipelines, Dockerfiles, and Helm charts, collaborating with cloud infra teams to ensure fast, reliable releases.

There is a strong emphasis on Python tooling, pytest-based testing, and advanced scripting in Python and Bash.