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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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