Cloud Engineer

D360 Bank; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

D360 Bank in Riyadh seeks a DevOps professional to design and implement build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. You will build continuous integration and deployment pipelines, run automated testing, and develop PoCs for evaluating tools and approaches.

You will collaborate with internal partners to gather requirements, prototype, architect, and update solutions, and manage deployments and operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of DevOps experience.
• Self-sufficient at work and could be given small project responsibility.
• Has provided technical supervision to junior staff in the past.
• Basic understanding of business and operating environment.

Responsibilities

• Determine software requirements based on business needs and user feedback.
• Gather, analyze, and document client needs and requirements.
• Create designs and specifications for objectives.
• Analyze client operations to identify improvements.
• Translate requirements to test cases and scenarios.
• Build IT solutions to meet business needs and develop reusable components.
• Develop program codes and logic for existing and new software.
• Develop maintenance procedures and methods.
• Perform security vulnerability testing and automated checks.
• Deploy modules and fixes to production.
• Evaluate existing apps and propose performance improvements.
• Document and share knowledge for production support.
• Deliver tasks and designs for product features or small engineering challenges.
• Identify gaps in observability and manage escalations for the squad.

Skills

CI/CD

Automation

Observability

Security testing

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

CI/CD tools

Configuration management

Automated testing tools

Job description

The role is responsible for the design and implementation of applications’ build, release, deployment, and configuration activities, and is a team member for the agile development process. He/she builds the continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline and prioritizes development items in the pipeline. He develops Proof-of-Concepts to evaluate the feasibility of the software application and tools for the development team and develops suitable applications and tools. He determines specifications and features for the next iteration of software application development based on user needs and feedback, continuously integrates code changes, and conducts automated testing to ensure the software application remains functional. He also performs continuous deployment through automating the deployment process and manages the releases of software application versions and features.
He/she works with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, architecting, implement and/or update solutions, build, and execute test plans, perform quality reviews, manage operations, and triage and fix operational issues. He/she works in a fast-paced environment and must be able to adjust to constant business change, evolving goals and strategies, and emerging technologies. He/she is proficient in programming languages required by the organization and is familiar with continuous integration and deployment tools, relevant platforms, automated testing tools, and configuration management tools. He is also knowledgeable of crypto primitives, authentication protocols, and authorization standards.

Responsibilities

• Determine software application and feature enhancement requirements based on business needs and user feedback
• Gather, analyze, and document client needs and business requirements
• Formulate solutions, alternatives, and design specifications that support business and technical objectives
• Analyse client operations to understand strengths and weaknesses to uncover opportunities for improvement
• Translate business and technical requirements to test cases, test scenarios, and scripts
• Build IT solutions to meet business requirements and develop reusable components
• Develop program codes and logic for existing and/or new software applications and tools
• Develop requirements, methods, and procedures for routine maintenance
• Perform security vulnerability and relevant automated testing to ensure the software application remains functional
• Deploy new modules, upgrades, and fixes to the production environment
• Evaluate existing applications and platforms and propose recommendations for improving performance by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications
• Document and complete knowledge transfer to production support
• Delivers tasks and designs effective solutions to product features or small-scope engineering challenges in their area of the business/product.
• Able to identify and address existing gaps in the observability and monitoring of systems and independently manage escalations for their squad, or discipline.
• relied upon to be a trusted problem solver, capable of leading the resolution of critical bugs or incidents related to their work or area of expertise.
• Perform any other duties assigned to by line manager related to the nature of the work
• Enforce, incorporate, and comply with all necessary controls and related information security policies, procedures, practices, training, reporting, personal due diligence and vigilance, within departmental/unit activities and operations.
  

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• A tertiary-level qualification from an internationally recognized institution

Years & Nature of Experience

• 3+ years of equivalent experience in DevOps
• An experienced professional who can deliver on difficult technical tasks
• Self-sufficient at work and could be given small project responsibility
• Has provided technical supervision to junior staff in the past
• Basic understanding of business and operating environmentExperience and proficiency with specialized discipline