Position: IT DevOps Engineer 
Job Location: Dubai 
Candidate MUST be in UAE 
Job type: Full time 
Industry: Financial Services 

We are seeking a highly skilled IT DevOps Engineer to join our growing technology team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure, implementing automation, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the stability and scalability of mission-critical applications. This role requires strong expertise in AWS, containerized microservice environments, CI/CD automation, observability tools, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
You will work closely with Development, Security, and IT Operations teams to deliver efficient, secure, and scalable systems that support our fast-paced, high-availability environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS-based infrastructure, with a focus on microservice architectures.
• Administer, optimize, and secure Linux-based server environments, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Pulumi (TypeScript).
• Build and manage robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, application reliability, and operational health using a comprehensive observability stack.
• Implement and maintain networking solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline deployment workflows, improve infrastructure reliability, and enhance automation.
• Ensure best practices around security, scalability, backup, and disaster recovery.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services, particularly in environments built around microservice architectures.
• Strong proficiency with Linux server administration (performance tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting).
• Scripting and automation skills in Bash and Python.

Salary AED 7000 - 11000 (all in) + standard benefits as per UAE law