The company, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to architect and lead the evolution of our globally distributed infrastructure supporting AI and private cloud workloads. This high-impact technical leadership role is centered on building scalable, resilient, and self-healing platforms through advanced automation and AIOps.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Platform Architecture & Strategy:
- Define and lead the long-term roadmap for infrastructure, CI/CD, and Kubernetes platforms
- Design scalable, distributed systems aligned with AI/ML and HPC workloads
- Establish standards for infrastructure-as-code and platform engineering
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Automation & AIOps:
- Design and implement AI-driven automation and self-healing systems
- Develop autonomous workflows for incident remediation and capacity optimization
- Evolve observability into predictive AIOps capabilities
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Kubernetes & Infrastructure Engineering:
- Architect high-performance Kubernetes environments for multi-tenancy and GPU-intensive workloads
- Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
- Support advanced scheduling and orchestration frameworks for AI workloads
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Observability & Reliability:
- Build and enhance observability platforms integrating metrics, logs, and tracing
- Define SLOs/SLIs aligned with business outcomes
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and promote reliability best practices including error budgets
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Leadership & Technical Excellence:
- Act as the escalation point for complex system issues
- Mentor and develop SRE and DevOps teams, driving a culture of excellence
- Lead architectural reviews and contribute to internal Centers of Excellence
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Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with product and engineering teams to balance innovation with reliability
- Translate technical challenges into business impact for senior stakeholders
- Influence infrastructure and platform strategy across the organization
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Systems Architecture
- Proven experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes environments (EKS, GKE, or bare metal), including GPU workloads
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Rust
- Extensive experience with Terraform, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Strong understanding of observability systems (metrics, logging, tracing)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, including model serving and data pipelines
- Familiarity with scheduling frameworks (e.g., Ray, Kueue, Volcano)
- Experience building automation or AI-driven operational tools
- Certifications such as CKA, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect
- Experience influencing technical strategy across large organizations
What We’re Looking For:
A highly experienced and forward-thinking engineer with deep technical expertise and a passion for building resilient, scalable systems. You should be a strong problem solver, an influential leader, and a strategic thinker who can drive innovation while maintaining operational excellence.
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary: Attractive salary package based on skills and experience
- Yearly Bonus: Performance-based annual bonus
- Exclusive Discount Cards: Access to special benefits with Esaad and Fazaa cards
- Premium Family Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
- Learning & Development: Access to top-tier learning platforms for career growth
This role promotes an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment, grounded in values such as trust, accountability, and high performance.
