Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

SiFi - Simplified Financial Solutions Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFi - Simplified Financial Solutions Company in Riyadh is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own reliability and performance of production systems. You will design, automate, and operate mission-critical environments including Kubernetes, SQL Server, and cross-network connectivity.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and secure, scalable deployments with CI/CD, GitOps, and cost-conscious design. A deep focus on reliability and incident leadership is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infra Eng.
• Strong problem-solving and incident management skills.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain multi-region cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform).
• Operate and optimize Kubernetes clusters (OKE) running microservices and data pipelines.
• Manage SQL Server backup/restore pipelines, DR testing, and tuning.
• Ensure high availability for .NET and Python apps behind load balancers and WAF.
• Design cross-network connectivity (DRGs, LPGs, VCNs, subnets, NSGs).
• Lead incident response and post-mortems to drive improvements.

Skills

5+ years experience in SRE/DevOps

Analytical mindset

Strong communication

Tools

Kubernetes (OKE)

Terraform

SQL Server

Python

PowerShell

Load balancing & DNS

Job description

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Posted on 10/04/2026

About SiFi: SiFi is a rapidly growing B2B Fin-Tech company transforming expense management for businesses in Saudi Arabia. As a licensed EMI from the Saudi Central Bank, we empower companies with innovative tools to simplify finance management.

Position OverviewWe are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who will take ownership of the reliability, performance, and scalability of our production systems. You will design, automate, and operate mission-critical environments that include Kubernetes clusters, database disaster recovery, workflow orchestration, and multi-region networking.

This role suits engineers who think deeply about systems — combining infrastructure, automation, and diagnostic reasoning to drive operational excellence.

Primary Responsibilities

Reliability, Availability & Infrastructure

• Maintain and evolve multi-region cloud infrastructure using Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  
• Operate and optimize Kubernetes (OKE) clusters running microservices, data pipelines, and workflow orchestration.
  
• Manage SQL Server backup/restore pipelines, DR testing, and performance optimization.
  
• Ensure high availability for .NET and Python applications hosted behind load balancers and WAF.
  
• Design and maintain cross-network connectivity (DRGs, LPGs, VCNs, subnets, and NSGs).
  

Observability & Automation

• Build and maintain a centralized orchestration platform integrated with alerting and notification systems.
  
• Develop self-healing, monitoring, and auto-remediation scripts for infrastructure and databases.
  
• Implement logging, metrics, and tracing pipelines
  
• Automate recurring operational tasks using Python, Bash, and PowerShell to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
  

DevOps, CI/CD & Security

• Manage GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy pipelines for backend and data services.
  
• Apply strong security principles — least privilege, network segmentation, secure credentials, and encrypted communications.
  
• Promote GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices to ensure repeatable and traceable deployments.
  
• Collaborate with developers to embed reliability and resilience into every release
  
• Lead incident response, run blameless post-mortems , and turn findings into lasting improvements.
  
• Partner closely with engineering teams to drive design and code-level reliability improvements.
  
• Conduct capacity planning, cost optimization, and system tuning for performance and scalability.
  
• Mentor engineers in automation, observability, and root-cause analysis best practices
  

Troubleshooting Mindset & Diagnostic Thinking

We value engineers who:

• Approach issues systematically and validate assumptions with data.
  
• Treat incidents as opportunities to improve design and automation.
  
• Rely on metrics, logs, and tracing rather than guesswork.
  
• Communicate findings clearly and document learnings for future reference.
  
• Continuously refine how problems are detected, escalated, and resolved.
  

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
  

Deep experience with:

• Solid understanding of networking, load balancing, and DNS.
  
• Proven ability to analyze incidents and automate resolution.
  
• Experience integrating alerting and monitoring systems with communication tools (e.g., Microsoft Teams or Slack).
  
• Kubernetes (OKE) — deployments, ingress controllers, autoscaling
  
• Microsoft SQL Server — backup/restore automation, DR planning, performance tuning
  
• Terraform — multi-region and cross-tenant infrastructure automation
  
• Python & PowerShell — automation and system scripting