DevOps Engineer

Saudi Azm عزم السعودية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Azm عزم السعودية is seeking a DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design and manage CI/CD pipelines, automate IaC, and operate across cloud and on‑prem environments. The role emphasizes Docker, Kubernetes, security, and incident response within a collaborative team.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux networking skills, hands‑on experience with major clouds, and proficiency in CI/CD tooling, IaC, and monitoring. A Bachelor’s degree is required, with a focus on reliability and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or systems administration.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Experience with configuration-management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Hands‑on knowledge of Docker and container‑orchestration platforms.
• Scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or the ELK Stack.
• Understanding of secrets management, identity and access management, and cloud security principles.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC.
• Deploy and maintain applications across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor system availability, performance, security, and capacity.
• Identify and resolve infrastructure, application, and deployment issues.
• Implement logging, alerting, backup, and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Apply security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage source-control strategies, release processes, and environment configurations.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and deployment frequency.
• Develop scripts and tools to reduce manual operational tasks.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and on-call rotations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote DevOps practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud engineering

Linux administration

Docker & Kubernetes

SRE concepts

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Security best practices

Monitoring & observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Deploy and maintain applications across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor system availability, performance, security, and capacity.
• Identify and resolve infrastructure, application, and deployment issues.
• Implement logging, alerting, backup, and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Apply security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage source-control strategies, release processes, and environment configurations.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and deployment frequency.
• Develop scripts and tools to reduce manual operational tasks.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and on-call rotations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote DevOps practices and continuous improvement.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or systems administration.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Experience with configuration-management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Hands‑on knowledge of Docker and container‑orchestration platforms.
• Scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or the ELK Stack.
• Understanding of secrets management, identity and access management, and cloud security principles.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant cloud or Kubernetes certifications.
• Experience managing production Kubernetes environments.
• Familiarity with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Knowledge of service meshes, serverless platforms, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with database operations, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.
• Understanding of SRE concepts, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident management.
• Experience supporting high-availability and large-scale distributed systems.

Key Performance Indicators

• Deployment frequency and lead time for changes
• Application and infrastructure availability
• Mean time to detect and recover from incidents
• Change-failure rate
• Percentage of infrastructure managed through automation
• Security and compliance findings
• Reduction in manual operational work