Sr. DevOps Engineer - (OpenShift & Kubernetes)

GSSTech Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

GSSTech Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and automate CI/CD pipelines across OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms. You will work on both in-house and vendor-based microservices, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable delivery of applications.

Responsibilities include building pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm, and ArgoCD, using OpenShift oc commands, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve deployment reliability and platform efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles
• Strong enterprise experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes
• Proven track record implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm, and ArgoCD
• Strong knowledge of OpenShift oc commands and deployment troubleshooting
• Experience supporting microservices architectures and vendor-based services

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for enterprise apps and microservices.
• Work with OpenShift and Kubernetes for deployment, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Automate workflows using GitHub Actions and Jenkins pipelines.
• Build and manage ArgoCD deployments and GitOps practices.
• Use Helm for packaging and deployment configurations.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipelines, and platform incidents.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, security, and infra teams to ensure reliable delivery.
• Contribute to DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD automation

GitHub Actions

Helm

ArgoCD

Jenkins

GitOps

OC commands

Microservices deployment

Troubleshooting

Automation

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, and Jenkins . The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and containerized application platforms across enterprise technology environments. The role involves working with both in-house microservices and vendor-based microservices , ensuring reliable, scalable, secure, and efficient application delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications and microservices.
• Work extensively with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes environments for application deployment, configuration, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Develop and automate CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions .
• Build and manage deployment workflows using ArgoCD and GitOps practices.
• Use Helm for Kubernetes/OpenShift application packaging, configuration, and deployments.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Jenkins pipelines and automation workflows.
• Use OpenShift oc commands extensively for application deployment, troubleshooting, configuration, monitoring, and pipeline automation.
• Develop and maintain pipeline automation for both in-house microservices and vendor-based microservices .
• Automate build, deployment, testing, and release processes across different environments.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, container problems, and platform-related incidents.
• Work closely with software engineering, application, QA, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth application delivery.
• Implement and maintain DevOps best practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Support continuous improvement of deployment processes, automation, reliability, and platform efficiency.
• Ensure consistent and reliable application deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Participate in production support, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and technical troubleshooting.

Required Technical Skills

• OpenShift & Kubernetes Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift .
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes .
• Strong understanding of containerized application deployment and orchestration.
• Deep practical knowledge of OpenShift oc commands .
• Experience troubleshooting pods, deployments, services, routes, configurations, and application workloads.
• CI/CD & Automation Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines .
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
• Strong experience with Jenkins and Jenkins pipeline development.
• Ability to automate build, deployment, testing, and release processes.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD best practices and DevOps lifecycle.
• Helm & ArgoCD Strong hands-on experience with Helm charts and Helm-based deployments.
• Strong experience with ArgoCD and GitOps-based deployment practices.
• Experience managing application configuration and deployments across Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Microservices Experience supporting and deploying microservices architectures .
• Ability to work with both in-house developed microservices and vendor-based microservices .
• Strong understanding of application deployment dependencies, configurations, integrations, and release management.

Required Experience

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related technology engineering roles.
• Strong enterprise experience working with OpenShift and Kubernetes .
• Proven experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm, and ArgoCD .
• Strong practical experience using OpenShift oc commands for administration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale microservices environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience working in banking or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and container platforms.
• Exposure to GitOps and infrastructure automation practices.
• Experience supporting high-availability and production-critical applications.
• Familiarity with security, governance, and enterprise DevOps standards.

Key Competencies

• Strong ownership and accountability for platform and deployment reliability.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively with application development, infrastructure, QA, security, architecture, and vendor teams.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced enterprise environments.
• Strong focus on automation, reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.