Senior DevOps Lead: Cloud, GitOps, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Core42; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly Bonus

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Premium Family Insurance

Learning & Development

Job summary

Core42 in Dubai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, provision and manage scalable infrastructure, applications and automation across projects. You will collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams to improve reliability and performance.

The role requires five+ years of hands-on DevOps in Linux, strong cloud experience with Azure and AWS, IaC with Terraform/Ansible, GitLab CI/CD and Kubernetes, plus scripting in Python/Go/Bash.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on DevOps in Linux environments.
• Strong cloud experience with Azure and AWS; professional certifications desirable.
• Advanced IaC experience with Terraform/Ansible.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, GitLab CI/CD and GitOps.
• Programming/scripting in Python, Go or Bash.
• Container tech and Kubernetes expertise.
• Experience with Loki, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Understanding of web tech, networks, databases, HA, performance, messaging and caching.
• Excellent communication and an Agile mindset; mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Mentor DevOps engineers and contribute to strategic initiatives, technical planning, architecture decisions and technology roadmaps.
• Partner with software and platform engineering teams to design technology stacks and enable secure, efficient application deployment.
• Design and manage scalable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible or equivalent technologies.
• Build and maintain reliable end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using GitLab CI/CD or comparable platforms.
• Evaluate delivery processes, service maturity and performance indicators, identifying gaps and implementing actionable improvements.
• Work with Security teams to strengthen infrastructure and application protection against cybersecurity threats.
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, standards and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with process and operations teams to standardize working practices and improve cross-team delivery efficiency.

Skills

Mentoring engineers

Leadership capabilities

Effective communication

Agile mindset

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Loki

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Core42 in Dubai is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, provision and manage scalable infrastructure, applications and automation across projects. You will collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams to improve reliability and performance.

The role requires five+ years of hands-on DevOps in Linux, strong cloud experience with Azure and AWS, IaC with Terraform/Ansible, GitLab CI/CD and Kubernetes, plus scripting in Python/Go/Bash.