We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering team. You will lead the design, development, and operation of our internal platform services. Your role will be pivotal in shaping a reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly infrastructure to support our growing portfolio of microservices and cloud-native applications.
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About the Company:
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 advancing the analytics ecosystem in Saudi Arabia, Mozn is a trusted analytics partner for the largest government organizations and numerous large corporations and startups. The company is currently in a critical stage of scaling to build institutional analytics knowledge within Mozn and Saudi Arabia, coinciding with the transformative changes of Vision 2030.
Work Conditions:
Full-time, On-site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Responsibilities:
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Platform Engineering & Infrastructure:
- Design, build, and maintain internal cloud platform capabilities on GCP and/or OCI, centered around Kubernetes (GKE/OKE).
- 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).
- Scripting knowledge 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.
