DevOps Engineer

Saudi Azm; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Azm is seeking a DevOps/SRE engineer to design, build, and operate scalable CI/CD pipelines across cloud and on-prem environments. You will automate infrastructure, manage containers with Docker and Kubernetes, and ensure security and reliability.

The role requires hands-on experience with IaC, cloud platforms, and monitoring tools, plus strong scripting and collaboration skills. You will work with cross-functional teams to improve deployment frequency and platform resilience, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven DevOps, cloud engineering, SRE, or systems administration background.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong Linux and networking knowledge.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps).
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi).
• Experience with config management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef).
• Hands-on knowledge of Docker and container orchestration.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, ELK).
• Understanding of secrets management, IAM, cloud security

Responsibilities

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

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog/ELK

Security: IAM/Secrets management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

ELK Stack

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manageCI/CD pipelines.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning usingInfrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Deploy and maintain applications across cloud and on-premises environments.

• Manage containerized workloads usingDocker 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.

• 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 asGitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such asTerraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.

• Experience with configuration-management tools such asAnsible, Puppet, or Chef.

• Hands-on knowledge of Docker and container-orchestration platforms.

• Scripting experience usingPython, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such asPrometheus, 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