Kubernetes & GitOps DevOps Engineer (ACK/Alibaba Cloud)

Tamem; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Tamem seeks a DevOps Engineer with 2–4 years of experience to support deployment, automation, and operation of cloud-native apps on Alibaba Cloud ACK. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, Docker, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Argo CD, along with platform services such as Cassandra, Redis, ELK, Apache APISIX, and Camunda 7.

Ideal candidates will deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize environments, manage container registries like Alibaba Cloud ACR, and ensure reliable releases

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, or cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Practical experience with GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins.
• Strong working knowledge of Helm, YAML, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Good understanding of Git workflows and branching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps.
• Experience or practical exposure to Cassandra, Redis, and ELK.
• Experience with Apache APISIX or another API Gateway such as Kong or NGINX.
• Experience or exposure to Camunda 7.
• Familiarity with Alibaba Cloud ACK/ACR or another managed Kubernetes platform such as EKS, AKS, or GKE.
• Basic Linux administration and shell scripting skills.
• Understanding of cloud networking, load balancing, container registries, access control, and secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and support applications on Alibaba Cloud ACK.
• Manage Kubernetes workloads including Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
• Support application scaling, rolling updates, rollbacks, and troubleshooting.
• Manage Docker images and container registries, including Alibaba Cloud ACR.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes networking, connectivity, deployment, and workload issues.
• Monitor cluster health, application performance, and resource utilization.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment manifests.
• Deploy and operate Argo CD for GitOps-based continuous delivery.
• Integrate GitLab/Jenkins CI pipelines with Argo CD deployment workflows.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Docker

Helm

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Argo CD

Git workflows

Linux

Alibaba Cloud ACK/ACR

Cassandra

Redis

ELK

APISIX

Camunda 7

Terraform

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Helm

Argo CD

Git

ACR

Job description

Tamem seeks a DevOps Engineer with 2–4 years of experience to support deployment, automation, and operation of cloud-native apps on Alibaba Cloud ACK. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, Docker, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Argo CD, along with platform services such as Cassandra, Redis, ELK, Apache APISIX, and Camunda 7.

Ideal candidates will deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize environments, manage container registries like Alibaba Cloud ACR, and ensure reliable releases