Platform Engineer: Cloud Automation & Self-Service (Hybrid)

Client of Next Ventures Limited; Medina; Hybrid; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Practice Cloud & Infrastructure Technologies in Saudi Arabia is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to design, build and maintain cloud-native platforms that empower application teams to deliver software securely and at scale. You will enable self-service infrastructure, automate operations, and improve platform reliability in a hybrid environment.

You will manage Kubernetes clusters, implement Terraform IaC, and develop CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerisation technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
• Knowledge of Linux administration and scripting.
• Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Understanding of networking, security and cloud architecture principles.
• Experience supporting and operating production platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud-native platform services.
• Manage and optimise Kubernetes environments and container platforms.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery.
• Implement GitOps practices and platform automation.
• Improve platform observability, monitoring and alerting capabilities.
• Ensure platform security, scalability and resilience.
• Support production environments, incident management and root cause analysis.
• Develop self-service capabilities for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with software engineers, architects and DevOps teams to improve developer experience.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Linux administration

GitOps

Networking & security

Troubleshooting

Tools

ArgoCD

Flux

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Vault

Job description

Practice Cloud & Infrastructure Technologies in Saudi Arabia is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to design, build and maintain cloud-native platforms that empower application teams to deliver software securely and at scale. You will enable self-service infrastructure, automate operations, and improve platform reliability in a hybrid environment.

You will manage Kubernetes clusters, implement Terraform IaC, and develop CI/CD pipelines.