Senior Staff Engineer (DevOps Engineer)

Nagarro; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider in Dubai is seeking an experienced Cloud Implementation Specialist with over 8 years in relevant technical roles. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Terraform, Jenkins, and cloud migration, and will manage CI/CD pipelines. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and relevant certifications. Competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in relevant technical roles within large organizations.
• Must have led at least two transformation projects migrating on-prem workloads to public cloud.
• Must be an expert in Terraform and Ansible with hands-on experience in cloud application migration.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Manage cloud application migration and automation for databases.
• Evaluate and compare services across public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI).

Skills

Terraform

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

Database Modelling Concepts

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent

Red Hat Certified Architect or equivalent

Azure Cloud Architect, AWS Cloud Architect, OCI

Tools

Ansible

GitOps

ELK Stack

Container Technologies

Job description

Good To Have Skills: Terraform (Expert), Jenkins (Expert), Kubernetes (Expert), Cloud architecture (Strong), Database Modelling Concepts

Cloud Implementation

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in relevant technical roles within large organizations
• Must have led at least two transformation project migrating on-prem workloads to public cloud
• Must be an expert in Terraform and Ansible with hands-on experience in cloud application migration
• Hands-on experience in managing CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Experience in GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment
• Must be able to compare services across public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI)
• Understanding of cloud adoption models, including CPU architectures, storage, and network connectivity
• Windows internals knowledge
• Good experience of automating pipelines for databases (e.g., creating users in a database, provisioning databases, etc)
• Good understanding of major database technologies like Oracle, MSSQL, MongoDB

Technical Skills

• Deep knowledge in Public Cloud technologies
• Knowledge of API communications (REST / SOAP), and experience developing consumers / publishers for APIs
• Excellent scripting abilities in :
• Groovy (for Jenkins pipelines)
• Bash / PowerShell
• Python
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools : Ansible, Terraform, and orchestration using Jenkins
• Understanding of cloud connectivity principles, SDWAN, and private cloud connections
• Expertise in Repository and Artifact Management Tools : Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk, Nexus
• Proficient in Container Technologies : Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

Preferred Skills

• Conceptual understanding of Infrastructure Components :

• DNS : Authoritative, Non-Authoritative, Dynamic, bind DNS, Forwarder
• SSL Communication : SSL handshake, Cipher Suites, Encryption Algorithms
• Active Directory : Security OUs, group policies
• Certificates : SAN, client-authentication, keystores, mutual SSL

• Familiarity with Infrastructure & Security Tools :

• Load balancers, Site Selectors, Firewalls

Vault tools : CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault

• High Availability (HA) systems knowledge
• Working knowledge of ELK Stack and its components : Auditbeat, Filebeat
• Awareness of OS compliance policies such as CIS Benchmarks
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and participation in Agile ceremonies

Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent
• Certifications : Red Hat Certified Architect or equivalent; Azure Cloud Architect, AWS Cloud Architect, OCI