Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is driving transformative technology solutions globally. Leveraging advanced resources and partnerships, Core42 empowers clients to harness sovereign AI infrastructure, especially in sectors with stringent regulatory needs. We are on a mission to redefine digital transformation by combining sovereign capabilities with scalable, high-performance compute infrastructure, positioning ourselves at the forefront of AI innovation in the Middle East and beyond.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will design, provision, and manage scalable infrastructure, diverse applications, and automation tools, ensuring seamless delivery of features and services across various projects and platforms. You will collaborate with development teams and other stakeholders to ensure safe and efficient deployment of applications and identify and implement technical solutions for optimizing system reliability and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Mentor and develop the capabilities of DevOps engineers; participate in strategic project initiatives and planning; contribute to decision-making processes.
- Collaborate with software and platform engineering teams on designing and implementing a technology stack to ensure safe and efficient application deployment.
- Design, implement, and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) to ensure scalability and flexibility.
- Deploy applications using continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for a smooth and end-to-end automated process.
- Regularly evaluate and adjust CI/CD principles and service maturity; identify opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor performance indicators and recommend enhancements through gap analysis and providing actionable improvement plans.
- Collaborate with security management teams to ensure systems are safe against cybersecurity threats.
- Write and maintain relevant documentation ensuring completeness and quality.
- Work closely with process management and operational teams to contribute to process development and standardization of collaboration frameworks.
- Act as an advisor to internal DevOps and engineering team stakeholders, contributing to technology roadmaps and architectural decisions.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a relevant technology field.
- Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on Cloud Environments.
- Good knowledge and 5+ years of hands-on experience with Azure and AWS (professional level certifications are highly desirable).
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in Linux-based environments and 5+ years in DevOps engineering.
- Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, etc.
- Deep understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab CI/CD, with experience in GitOps practices.
- Advanced level in programming and scripting using Python and/or Golang, bash.
- Advanced proficiency with container technologies, particularly Kubernetes.
- Good grasp of modern logging and monitoring tools such as Loki, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
- Deep understanding of web-related technologies, network stacks, and protocols.
- Hands-on experience with at least one type of database engine (SQL and/or NoSQL), middleware, high-availability strategies, performance testing, tuning, messaging systems like RabbitMQ and Kafka, caching systems like Redis and Memcached.
- Effective communication skills and an agile mindset.
- Extensive experience in leading and executing end-to-end DevOps strategies.
Language Requirements:
- Proficiency in English is expected, additional language skills may be beneficial.
