We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering team and lead the design, development, and operation of our internal platform services. You will play a pivotal role in shaping a highly reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly infrastructure to support our growing portfolio of microservices and cloud-native applications.
About Mozn:
Mozn is a rapidly growing and leading data science and product development firm based in Riyadh, with a proven track record of excellence in supporting and enhancing the analytics ecosystem in Saudi Arabia. Mozn is a trusted analytics partner for the largest government organizations in the country, as well as many large corporations and startups. The company is in a critical phase of scaling to build institutional analytics knowledge within Mozn and Saudi Arabia. This is an exciting time to work in the region, with significant social and industrial change driven by Vision 2030.
What You'll Do:
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Platform Engineering & Infrastructure:
- Design, build, and maintain internal cloud platform capabilities on GCP and/or OCI, using Kubernetes (GKE/OKE) at its core.
- Operate scalable, resilient, and observable infrastructure systems including CI/CD pipelines and service mesh components.
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, Helm, or similar tools.
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Kubernetes & Microservices Enablement:
- Manage Kubernetes cluster lifecycle: upgrades, patching, and tuning.
- Create reusable templates, GitOps workflows, and automation for microservice deployment.
- Implement observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) to monitor system health.
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Developer Experience & Self-Service:
- Develop self-service tools, APIs, and CLIs to streamline provisioning, secrets, and deployment workflows.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to reduce friction and improve deployment speed and quality.
- Promote platform adoption through documentation, training, and enablement.
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Security & Compliance:
- Ensure secure-by-default practices across the platform (network policies, IAM, pod security).
- Align infrastructure practices with internal and external compliance requirements.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in cloud platform or infrastructure engineering.
- Expertise in Kubernetes and containerized microservices architecture.
- Proficient with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, Linux, and service discovery.
- Experience with observability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, Fluent Bit).
- Proficient scripting in Go, Python, or Bash.
- Background in developer platform enablement and internal tooling is a plus.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, OCI, AWS).
- Knowledge of Kubernetes policy enforcement (OPA/Gatekeeper).
- Familiarity with cloud-native backing services like Postgres, MySQL, Redis.
Language Requirements: Not specified.
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Location: Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
