Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

We are looking for a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD optimization, observability, and cloud reliability engineering. The role involves building scalable DevOps solutions on Azure, ensuring high availability, resilience, and security of mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration, monitoring frameworks, and incident response, while driving DevSecOps alignment across development, QA, and architecture teams.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline Development – Build and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines for web and mobile applications, enabling automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

• Pull Request Validation Workflows – Implement automated PR pipelines with linting, static analysis, unit testing, and integration checks to enforce code quality.

• Security & Code Quality Automation – Integrate SonarQube, SCA (Software Composition Analysis), and vulnerability scanning tools to enforce compliance and security.

• Environment-Specific Deployments – Configure deployment strategies with approval gates, rollback mechanisms, and environment-specific variables.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Helm charts.

• Azure Cloud Management – Ensure availability, scalability, and resilience of applications hosted on Azure (AKS, App Services, VMs, Functions, App Gateway, VNets, Key Vault).

• Observability & Monitoring – Implement monitoring with Azure Monitor, Grafana, Prometheus, Application Insights and set up custom alerts/dashboards.

• Secrets Management – Manage and secure secrets via Azure Key Vault and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines.

• Incident Response & SRE Practices – Establish on-call rotations, conduct postmortems, and apply reliability engineering practices for system stability.

• Collaboration – Work closely with development, QA, and architecture teams to align with DevSecOps best practices.

• Capacity & Reliability Planning – Contribute to scalability, cost optimization, and long-term infrastructure planning.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong expertise in Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts).

• Deep knowledge of Terraform and Helm for IaC and Kubernetes management.

• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and related Azure services (Functions, App Gateway, VNets, Key Vault).

• Proficiency in observability tools – Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana.

• Solid understanding of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows.

DevOps Tech Stack

Good to Have

• Experience with GitOps, ArgoCD, and Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).

• Knowledge of security tools – Snyk, AquaSec, Trivy.

• Familiarity with FinOps practices for cloud cost monitoring and optimization.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple environments.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Passion for automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This is an on-site role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, within a fast-paced enterprise digital transformation environment. The candidate will be at the center of mission-critical projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable DevOps and SRE solutions.