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Senior Technology Engineer (DevOps PaaS)

Marc Ellis

UAE · On-site Contract Senior Today

About the role

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Senior DevOps Engineer to support Agile squads. This role involves building and executing application pipelines, automating deployments, and enabling platform onboarding via self-service and automation. You will work across cross-functional teams in a modern DevOps environment, embracing Agile, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Groovy, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
  • Automate deployments using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
  • Ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security across environments.
  • Work with API integration, authentication (OAuth2.0), and microservice security.
  • Implement logging/monitoring tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Guide application teams in adopting DevOps practices and onboarding to PaaS.
  • Deliver and support full lifecycle projects from initiation to post-go-live.
  • Align with DevOps and SRE principles including 12-factor app practices.
  • Support incident management and troubleshooting across environments.
  • Act as a trusted partner to internal platform/product teams.
  • Ensure clear communication, improving visibility across tech stakeholders.
  • Drive adoption of organizational values and engineering best practices.

Experience & Education

  • 8+ years overall experience in an engineering role.
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience in a hands-on DevOps role.
  • Experience in large, complex enterprises with high availability and scale.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or Information Technology.

Technical Skills

  • Strong CI/CD experience with tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub, SonarQube, Nexus, & Nexus-IQ.
  • Hands-on experience with container platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
  • Experience working with HelmCharts for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications.
  • Expertise in IaC tools like Terraform, Bicep, and automation scripting (Groovy, Python).
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps tools, including Checkmarx, Sysdig, Nexus-IQ, Cosign for security scanning and image signing.
  • Proficiency in GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, or OCI (compute, networking, storage).
  • Experience developing and integrating APIs into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
  • API development and pipeline integration experience.
  • Debugging and production support capabilities.

Behavioral Competencies

  • Self-motivated and proactive
  • Calm and composed under pressure
  • Strong problem-solving mindset
  • Passionate about continuous learning and innovation

Skills

AnsibleAPIArgoCDAWSAzureBicepCheckmarxCI/CDCosignDevOpsELKGitGitHub ActionsGitOpsGrafanaGroovyHelmIaCJenkinsKubernetesMicroservicesNexusNexus-IQOAuth2.0OCIOpenShiftPrometheusPythonSRESonarQubeSysdigTerraform12-factor app

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