Senior Cloud Operations Architect, GCP – Managed Services

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment and Contract Staffing Agency; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian invites applications for a Principal Cloud Operations Engineer to steer cloud operations within our Managed Services practice, driving standards, automation and governance across enterprise customers. You will shape and scale a high-performance cloud operations capability.

You will lead architecture, runbooks and escalation processes while mentoring engineers and partnering on service design to grow managed services offerings in Riyadh and beyond.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cloud infrastructure and operations.
• 3–5+ years in Cloud Architect/Principal Engineer/Technical Leadership roles.
• Experience building and scaling cloud operations teams and processes.
• 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 governance.
• Lead customer onboarding, service transitions and operational readiness assessments.
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and platform engineering initiatives.
• Establish runbooks and escalation frameworks.
• Act as the highest technical escalation point for major incidents.
• Mentor engineers and help build a world-class cloud operations capability.
• Contribute to solution design and managed services growth initiatives.

Job description

Halian invites applications for a Principal Cloud Operations Engineer to steer cloud operations within our Managed Services practice, driving standards, automation and governance across enterprise customers. You will shape and scale a high-performance cloud operations capability.

You will lead architecture, runbooks and escalation processes while mentoring engineers and partnering on service design to grow managed services offerings in Riyadh and beyond.