DevOps Engineer (Mid-Level)

Lean Technologies; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 224,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Riyadh is seeking a DevOps Engineer to manage their hybrid-cloud platform. The ideal candidate will work on Kubernetes operations, CI/CD processes, and infrastructure automation, ensuring the platform's security and reliability. This position offers competitive salaries, flexible hours, and growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving industry.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Private healthcare

Flexible office hours

Equity stake

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in DevOps/SRE or platform engineering roles.
• Solid knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/Helm/containers.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and support Kubernetes clusters in GCP and OCI.
• Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for microservices.
• Contribute Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks.

Skills

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Kubernetes/Helm/containers

Terraform

Bash scripting

Python or Go scripting

Cloud (GCP/OCI)

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Overview

Lean Technologies is building the financial data infrastructure for the MENA region. We operate in a highly regulated, security-sensitive environment powering mission-critical financial services with robust SLAs, strong security controls, and scalable, high-performance systems.

Role Overview

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll help build and run our hybrid-cloud platform across multiple regions and environments. You’ll contribute to Kubernetes operations, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability—working closely with Senior DevOps/SREs to keep the platform secure, fast, and reliable.

What You’ll Do

• Kubernetes: Deploy, upgrade, and support clusters in GCP and OCI; handle day-2 operations (rollouts, node pools, autoscaling) and troubleshoot common issues.
• CI/CD: Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for microservices using GitHub Actions/Jenkins; improve build speed, test coverage, and release automation.
• Infrastructure as Code: Contribute Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks for multi-region environments; follow GitOps practices for consistent deployments.
• Observability: Operate and tune monitoring/alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK), create actionable dashboards and SLO-aligned alerts.
• Reliability: Participate in on-call rotations, assist with incident response, and contribute to post-incident reviews and runbooks.
• Automation: Script routine tasks (provisioning, scaling, configuration, patching) using Bash and Python/Go.
• Security & Compliance: Implement hardening baselines (e.g., CIS L1), secrets management, and least-privilege policies; follow SOC 2 / ISO 27001 practices.
• Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering teams to improve platform tooling and developer experience.

Must-Have Skills

• 3–5 years in DevOps/SRE or platform engineering roles.
• Solid knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, firewall rules).
• Hands-on with Kubernetes/Helm/containers (day-2 ops and troubleshooting).
• Terraform for infra automation; familiarity with Ansible or similar CM tools.
• Scripting with Bash and at least one of Python or Go.
• Cloud experience with GCP or OCI (comfortable learning the other).

Nice to Have

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD (GitOps).
• Logging & tracing: ELK, OpenTelemetry; metrics with Prometheus.
• Operational exposure to PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis (backup/restore, HA basics).
• Security: hardening, IAM design, vulnerability scanning, WAF/NGFW familiarity.
• Knowledge of Cloudflare or other edge/security platforms.
• Experience in fintech or other regulated industries.
• Service mesh exposure (Istio/Linkerd) is a plus.
• Strong documentation habits (runbooks, SOPs, incident notes).

How You’ll Grow

• Take ownership of a product area (e.g., observability stack, cluster lifecycle, or CI/CD platform).
• Lead incident bridges and author RCAs with clear action items.
• Design reusable Terraform modules and champion GitOps maturity.
• Contribute to security/compliance evidence and control automation.

Note: The above experience is indicative; if you believe you have valuable experience to bring to the role, please apply even if not all requirements are met.

Why Join Us?

Lean is the first regulated open banking and open finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Since 2019 we have been on a mission to become the pre-eminent A2A payments company in the Middle East, enabling clients to connect to users’ bank accounts to initiate real-time payments and retrieve account information. Our products have earned the trust of leading regional companies, including Etisalat Group, Careem, Binance, Tabby, Tamara, Tawuniya, and more.

To date, Lean has processed billions of dollars, and our products have connected with hundreds of thousands of accounts across the region. We recently announced a $67.5 million Series B funding round led by General Catalyst, following earlier investment from Sequoia Capital. This funding marks a milestone for Lean and the regional financial ecosystem. We are committed to driving the next generation of financial innovation by making financial data and payments more accessible and transparent for businesses and consumers alike.

We’re always on the lookout for talented, driven, and entrepreneurial candidates to join us in our mission. If you’re motivated by solving hard problems and leaving a lasting legacy, Lean is where you need to be.

We offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and a meaningful equity stake for every team member to ensure long-term alignment. We’d love you to join us on this journey.

Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

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