Principal Cloud Ops Architect - GCP & Managed Services

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking a Principal Cloud Operations Engineer to serve as the technical authority for our Managed Services practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead cloud operations architecture, automation strategy, and governance across enterprise environments.

The role combines hands-on expertise with leadership to scale a high-performing cloud operations capability, focusing on cloud-native technologies and platform engineering to drive service readiness and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cloud infrastructure and operations.
• 3–5+ years in a Cloud Architect/Principal Engineer/Leadership role.
• Experience building and scaling cloud operations teams.
• Deep expertise in at least one hyperscaler (GCP preferred).
• Experience operating mission-critical enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong background in cloud automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for Managed Services cloud operations.
• Define cloud operations standards, reference architectures and operational governance.
• Lead customer onboarding, service transitions and operational readiness assessments.
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and platform engineering initiatives.
• Establish and maintain runbooks, operational procedures and escalation frameworks.
• Act as the highest technical escalation point for major incidents and problem management.
• Mentor engineers and help build a world-class cloud operations capability.
• Contribute to solution design, service architecture and managed services growth initiatives.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Mentoring teams

Infrastructure as Code

Incident management

SRE principles

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD platforms

Python

Bash scripting

Cloud networking

Identity and security

Job description

Halian is seeking a Principal Cloud Operations Engineer to serve as the technical authority for our Managed Services practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead cloud operations architecture, automation strategy, and governance across enterprise environments.

The role combines hands-on expertise with leadership to scale a high-performing cloud operations capability, focusing on cloud-native technologies and platform engineering to drive service readiness and operational excellence.