Senior DevOps Engineer

Direct; Eastern Province; Remote; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Saudi travel company is seeking a DevOps engineer to manage cloud infrastructure for scalability and high availability. This position requires over 6 years of experience with AWS services and strong problem-solving skills. The company offers competitive salaries, performance incentives, and opportunities for professional growth in a vibrant work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunities for professional growth

Comprehensive training programs

Dynamic work environment

Discounts on travel services

Incentive programs for top performers

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Proven expertise with AWS services.
• Solid knowledge of networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) for scalability and high availability.
• Ensure system uptime through load balancing and disaster recovery planning.
• Implement and manage Web Application Firewalls to protect against vulnerabilities.

Skills

AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Cloudflare, AWS WAF)

Networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Monitoring tools

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Engineering Team

Remote Work

Full Time

🏢 About DIRECT

Direct is a leading Saudi company and one of the largest in the Kingdom’s travel and tourism sector.

We believe that travel is a passion-driven experience — that’s why we’re dedicated every day to creating smart, innovative solutions that make our customers\' journeys easier, smarter, and more enjoyable.

Our team is made up of incredible talents working in a vibrant, creative environment where collaboration thrives. If you're looking for a place to grow your skills and make a real impact, Direct is where you belong!

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) for scalability, cost-efficiency, and high availability
• Ensure system uptime and high availability through load balancing, failover strategies, and disaster recovery planning
• Implement and manage Web Application Firewalls (WAF) to protect against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and malicious traffic
• Proactively monitor systems for performance, availability, and security — resolving issues before they impact users
• Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems
• Enforce infrastructure security best practices, including patch management, vulnerability scanning, and access control
• Implement observability solutions (logging, metrics, tracing) to improve system visibility and troubleshooting speed
• Manage database performance, backups, and disaster recovery strategies
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth and secure deployments

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Proven expertise with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Cloudflare, AWS WAF etc.).
• Solid knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools

Personal Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within a leading tourism company.
• Comprehensive training and development programs.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment.

Additional Perks

• Discounts on travel services.
• Incentive programs for top-performing employees.

DIRECT is on the rise in the Gulf\'s travel-tech landscape—this is your chance to be part of something big!