Senior DevOps Engineer / Infrastructure & Cyber (UAE Nationals)

Thales; Abu Dhabi; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales is seeking a DevOps engineer in Abu Dhabi with experience in infrastructure management and cyber services. The role involves maintaining infrastructure, developing automation tools, and providing technical support. Candidates must be proficient in scripting and possess strong problem-solving skills. This is an opportunity to join a leading company in the aerospace and defense industries.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Work in a multi-disciplinary technology environment

Qualifications

• 5 years of DevOps experience required.
• Experience in IT Infrastructure subsystems is a must.
• Fluency in English; Arabic and/or French are advantages.

Responsibilities

• Participate in defining system requirements and specifications.
• Develop code to manage infrastructure and cyber services.
• Train and coach other team members in DevOps competencies.

Skills

Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery tooling

Configuration management

Container orchestration

Scripting skills

Technical document writing

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

BSc in computer science

Relevant industry certifications

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Ansible

Terraform

Docker Swarm

Jira

Job description

Location: Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

In fast changing markets customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace transportation defence security and space our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrows possible.Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1800 people across Egypt Iraq Kuwait KSA Lebanon Oman Pakistan Qatar and UAE. Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabis airport.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the definition of the system requirements and specifications
• Maintain the internal development infrastructure and tools
  • Maintain the physical infrastructure
  • Maintain and enhance the tools
• Develop code to manage infrastructure and cyber services
  • Write code to automate deployment and configuration of services
  • Write unit test to ensure module-level functionality and data integrity
  • Perform code peer review
  • Document and comment code
  • Follow up on issues and team backlog activities
• Provide documentation on deliveries and installation & test procedures
• Provide technical support for other multi-disciplinary teams e.g. system engineering team integration/test/verification/qualification teams deployment teams
• Perform root cause analysis for errors
• Deploy and assist with maintenance of automation technologies
• Train and coach other team members in DevOps competencies

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years of DevOps experience
• Experience in IT Infrastructure subsystems (network communication datacenter virtualization software integration etc.)
• Experience with a number of the following tools and technologies
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery tooling e.g. Jenkins GitLab
  • Configuration management and Infrastructure-as-code tools e.g. Ansible Terraform
  • Excellent knowledge of container orchestration tools e.g. Docker Swarm
  • Major operating system families e.g. Linux Windows
  • Excellent knowledge of Git and Git workflows
  • Excellent scripting skills (Python Bash)
• Good understanding of the following
  • Security relevant protocols and technologies e.g. network security endpoint security virtualization and container security server hardening PKI
  • Service Oriented Architecture REST services micro services
  • Databases e.g. PostgreSQL
• Preferably experience with Agile methodologies including appropriate tooling (e.g. Jira)

QUALIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• BSc in computer science or equivalent qualification
• Fluent in English Arabic and/or French are added advantages
• Relevant industry certifications e.g. system & network operations cyber security DevOps/software development

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Good technical analysis and problem solving skills
• Attention to details
• Able to work in a multi-disciplined technology environment
• Technical document writing
• Excellent communication skills

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here apply now!

Required Experience:

Senior IC