Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – DevOps & Cloud Engineering | 5+ Years | Abu Dhabi, UAE

Irisstar; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Irisstar is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Production Engineer in Abu Dhabi to own and support customer-facing production systems. The role emphasizes hands-on work with AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Python automation, and cloud infrastructure.

You will manage production environments, implement GitOps and IaC, and drive incident response, observability, and continuous improvement while collaborating with stakeholders to enhance reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Production Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Strong Python development and automation experience.
• Deep hands-on AWS and EKS/Kubernetes production experience.
• Experience with IAM/IRSA, VPC, S3, ECR, API Gateway, SQS/SNS/EventBridge, and managed databases.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Candidates must be locally based in Abu Dhabi/UAE.

Responsibilities

• Own and support customer-facing production systems.
• Develop Python-based automation and engineering solutions.
• Manage AWS and Amazon EKS/Kubernetes production environments.
• Configure and optimize HPA, Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler, networking, ingress, storage, and RBAC.
• Perform Kubernetes cluster upgrades and production maintenance.
• Manage AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.
• Administer IAM/IRSA, VPC, S3, ECR, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and managed databases.
• Manage Helm and Kustomize deployments.
• Implement GitOps and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Monitor production systems using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail.
• Participate in incident management, on-call support, postmortems, and production troubleshooting.
• Define and monitor SLOs and reliability objectives.
• Troubleshoot Linux, containers, networking, and distributed systems.
• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to improve system reliability and performance.

Skills

Python development

AWS

Kubernetes

Automation

GitOps

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux

Observability

SRE/DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Job description

Location

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Local Candidates Only

Job Category

• Information Technology (IT) & Software


• Engineering & Technical


• Telecommunications


• Remote / Work-from-Home Opportunities

Job Overview

An opportunity is available for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Production Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role focuses on owning and supporting customer-facing production systems with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Python, automation, and cloud infrastructure.

The successful candidate will be responsible for production reliability, cloud infrastructure, observability, incident management, automation, and continuous improvement. Strong experience with Kubernetes scaling, AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and production troubleshooting is required. The position offers opportunities for professional development, cloud and DevOps training, relevant certification, and long-term career growth in site reliability and cloud engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and support customer-facing production systems.


• Develop Python-based automation and engineering solutions.


• Manage AWS and Amazon EKS/Kubernetes production environments.


• Configure and optimize HPA, Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler, networking, ingress, storage, and RBAC.


• Perform Kubernetes cluster upgrades and production maintenance.


• Manage AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.


• Administer IAM/IRSA, VPC, S3, ECR, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and managed databases.


• Manage Helm and Kustomize deployments.


• Implement GitOps and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation.


• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.


• Monitor production systems using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail.


• Participate in incident management, on-call support, postmortems, and production troubleshooting.


• Define and monitor SLOs and reliability objectives.


• Troubleshoot Linux, containers, networking, and distributed systems.


• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to improve system reliability and performance.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Production Engineering, or Software Engineering.


• Strong Python development and automation experience.


• Deep hands-on AWS and Amazon EKS/Kubernetes production experience.


• Strong knowledge of HPA, Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler, networking, ingress, storage, RBAC, and Kubernetes upgrades.


• Production experience with AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.


• Strong knowledge of IAM/IRSA, VPC, S3, ECR, API Gateway, SQS/SNS/EventBridge, and managed databases.


• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, GitOps, Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, and CI/CD.


• Strong AWS observability experience with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail.


• Experience with incident management, on-call operations, postmortems, SLOs, and production troubleshooting.


• Strong Linux, container, networking, and distributed-systems fundamentals.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.


• Candidates must be currently based locally in Abu Dhabi/UAE.

Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

Salary and compensation details were not provided by the employer and therefore are not listed.

The role offers opportunities for:

• Professional development in SRE, DevOps, and cloud engineering.


• Advanced AWS and Kubernetes technical exposure.


• Cloud infrastructure and automation training.


• Relevant AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud certification opportunities.


• Experience managing large-scale production environments.


• Career progression in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, and Cloud Engineering.