We are seeking a highly skilled Engineering Manager to lead a multi-departmental squad in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and a proven track record in managing cross-functional teams.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead a squad of engineers and multi-disciplinary team members using Agile methodologies.
- Oversee the migration and deployment of common functions onto OpenShift.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and other teams to ensure alignment of technical solutions with business objectives.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team.
- Ensure the adoption of best practices in DevOps, cloud computing, and containerization.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and high performance.
- Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, effectively communicating progress and challenges.
- Drive automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices.
- Ensure compliance with relevant standards, policies, and governance frameworks.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in the field, with the last of which in leading engineering teams in an Agile environment.
- Strong knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies.
- Experience in cloud platforms, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and API development.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to drive team collaboration and motivation.
- Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, and alerting).
- Experience working with government digital transformation projects.
- Certifications in Agile (Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Red Hat OpenShift).
- Knowledge of security best practices in cloud-native environments.
Work Conditions:
Location:
- Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Language Requirements:
- No specific language requirements were mentioned in the job posting.
