Cloud-Native L2 Ops Engineer - 24/7 Onsite Support

Thales Group; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer for ODC and eIM to build, maintain, and optimize cloud-native systems. The role emphasizes reliability, automation, and scalable operations across cloud and on-prem environments.

The position requires 4+ years in systems administration, hands-on Kubernetes, GitLab CI, and scripting in Bash or Python. Onsite 24/7 shifts and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential to ensure system resilience.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 4+ years in systems administration, solutions delivery, or integration engineering.
• Public cloud experience; strong Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Automation with Bash/Python, Terraform, Helm; GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Advanced Linux with strong networking and REST APIs knowledge.
• Experience with Cassandra and MySQL databases.
• Telecom domain/ eSIM experience is a plus; Java is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and automate infrastructure using IaC, maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitLab.
• Install, configure, and manage Kubernetes-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Own production systems with monitoring, observability, and incident response to meet SLAs.
• Act as technical bridge between development, validation, and customers; 24/7 onsite shifts.
• Prepare technical documentation and operational readiness reviews for process improvement.
• Collaborate with team to drive knowledge sharing and process improvements.

Skills

IaC

CI/CD

GCP

Kubernetes

GitLab

Vaults

Bash

Python

Perl

Terraform

Helm

Linux

Networking

APIs

Apache

SSL/TLS

MySQL

Cassandra

eSIM

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab CI

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Thales Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer for ODC and eIM to build, maintain, and optimize cloud-native systems. The role emphasizes reliability, automation, and scalable operations across cloud and on-prem environments.

The position requires 4+ years in systems administration, hands-on Kubernetes, GitLab CI, and scripting in Bash or Python. Onsite 24/7 shifts and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential to ensure system resilience.