Senior Platform DevOps Engineer – Cloud, Kubernetes

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking a hands-on DevOps Specialist to design, automate, secure, and operate modern cloud-native platforms in Abu Dhabi. You will work with Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD to deliver reliable, scalable systems across production and non-production environments.

You will implement GitOps, monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, and collaborate with software teams to improve deployment reliability, security, and developer experience, in a highly collaborative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes administration and operations experience.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Git, CI/CD platforms, Cloud infrastructure.
• Experience supporting production environments and critical business applications.
• Experience building automation solutions using Python, Bash, Shell scripting, or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of IaC principles and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in regulated environments (fintech, banking, telecoms) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate, and support cloud-native infrastructure and platforms.
• Manage and improve Kubernetes environments across production and non-production systems.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and related tooling.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement GitOps, automation, and platform engineering best practices.
• Monitor platform health, reliability, availability, and performance using observability tools.
• Troubleshoot complex production incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with software teams to improve deployment reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Improve operational excellence through automation, self-service, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to platform security, governance, and cloud operational standards.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

Linux administration

SRE / Platform engineering

CI/CD practices

Cloud-native architecture

Automation concepts

Infrastructure-as-Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / engineering / IT

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Git

CI/CD platforms

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Halian is seeking a hands-on DevOps Specialist to design, automate, secure, and operate modern cloud-native platforms in Abu Dhabi. You will work with Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD to deliver reliable, scalable systems across production and non-production environments.

You will implement GitOps, monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, and collaborate with software teams to improve deployment reliability, security, and developer experience, in a highly collaborative