Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Stellar Technologies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Abu Dhabi to enhance its digital transformation projects. The ideal candidate will leverage expertise in Azure, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code to build scalable DevOps solutions. This on-site role offers a chance to collaborate in a fast-paced environment, ensuring security and resilience in mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of Azure components.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure high availability of applications on Azure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for successful deployments.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Azure Monitor

Grafana

Prometheus

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Bitbucket

SonarQube

Azure Key Vault

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD optimization, observability, and cloud reliability engineering. The role involves building scalable DevOps solutions on Azure, ensuring high availability, resilience, and security of mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration, monitoring frameworks, and incident response, while driving DevSecOps alignment across development, QA, and architecture teams.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline Development – Build and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines for web and mobile applications, enabling automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

• Pull Request Validation Workflows – Implement automated PR pipelines with linting, static analysis, unit testing, and integration checks to enforce code quality.

• Security & Code Quality Automation – Integrate SonarQube, SCA (Software Composition Analysis), and vulnerability scanning tools to enforce compliance and security.

• Environment-Specific Deployments – Configure deployment strategies with approval gates, rollback mechanisms, and environment-specific variables.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Helm charts.

• Azure Cloud Management – Ensure availability, scalability, and resilience of applications hosted on Azure (AKS, App Services, VMs, Functions, App Gateway, VNets, Key Vault).

• Observability & Monitoring – Implement monitoring with Azure Monitor, Grafana, Prometheus, Application Insights and set up custom alerts/dashboards.

• Secrets Management – Manage and secure secrets via Azure Key Vault and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines.

• Incident Response & SRE Practices – Establish on-call rotations, conduct postmortems, and apply reliability engineering practices for system stability.

• Collaboration – Work closely with development, QA, and architecture teams to align with DevSecOps best practices.

• Capacity & Reliability Planning – Contribute to scalability, cost optimization, and long-term infrastructure planning.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong expertise in Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts).

• Deep knowledge of Terraform and Helm for IaC and Kubernetes management.

• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and related Azure services (Functions, App Gateway, VNets, Key Vault).

• Proficiency in observability tools – Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana.

• Solid understanding of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows.

DevOps Tech Stack

Category	Tools / Technologies
CI/CD Pipelines	Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bitrise
Version Control	Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Infrastructure as Code	Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Bicep
Containerization & Orchestration	Docker, Kubernetes, AKS/EKS/GKE, Dapr
Code Quality & Security	SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, Checkmarx, ESLint, Prettier
Monitoring & Logging	Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Azure Monitor, App Insights
Artifact Management	JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, GitHub Packages
Mobile Build Automation	Fastlane, Bitrise, App Center, Firebase App Distribution
Release Management	Azure DevOps Releases, GitHub Environments, Argo CD
Secrets Management	Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager

Good to Have

• Experience with GitOps, ArgoCD, and Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).

• Knowledge of security tools – Snyk, AquaSec, Trivy.

• Familiarity with FinOps practices for cloud cost monitoring and optimization.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple environments.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Passion for automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This is an on-site role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, within a fast-paced enterprise digital transformation environment. The candidate will be at the center of mission-critical projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable DevOps and SRE solutions.