Lead DevOps Engineer

Project Description: We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for building, automating, and optimizing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines that support the delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance applications across our enterprise platforms. This role requires strong hands-on experience with modern DevOps tools and practices, and a mindset focused on reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities: • Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes across development, staging, and production environments. • Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, and deployments. • Build and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring proper configuration, scaling, and observability. • Automate configuration management tasks with Ansible and ensure system consistency across environments. • Write robust Python and Shell scripts for automation, orchestration, monitoring, and system maintenance tasks. • Work closely with development teams to support application deployment, monitoring, logging, and operational troubleshooting. • Ensure system security and compliance through automated tooling and infrastructure policies. • Monitor system performance and implement proactive solutions to improve availability, scalability, and resilience. • Document infrastructure design, operational procedures, and runbooks to support team onboarding and knowledge sharing. • Participate in on-call rotations and incident response as needed. • Business trip to Kuwait

Mandatory Skills Description: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. • 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles in cloud-native environments. • Proficient in Python and Shell scripting for automating operational tasks and infrastructure logic. • Strong hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and Terraform for infrastructure as code. • Solid understanding and usage of Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker for container orchestration and management. • Experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar platforms. • Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic). • Experience managing secrets, certificates, and environment configurations securely. • Deep understanding of networking concepts, system-level security, and Linux administration. • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across the stack (infrastructure, OS, containers, and applications). • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description: • Knowledge or hands-on experience in AI/ML infrastructure, including model deployment, serving, or pipeline automation. • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS. • Experience with GitOps tools (e.g., Argo CD, Flux). • Background in supporting enterprise applications in oil and gas, energy, or other industrial domains.

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