The company, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is seeking a Senior Engineer - Data Platforms to lead the technical implementation, operation, and continuous evolution of a customer-facing cloud platform delivering managed data services. The platform includes relational and non-relational databases, streaming and messaging services, distributed caching solutions, and the infrastructure required to provide secure, reliable, and scalable cloud services.
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Location: United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Key Responsibilities
- Engineer and implement Kubernetes as a Service and managed data platform services for cloud customers.
- Design managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Redis, and comparable services using Kubernetes Operators.
- Manage the lifecycle of stateful services, including provisioning, replication, backup and restore, failover, scaling, upgrades, and monitoring.
- Build automation using APIs, infrastructure as code, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting.
- Work with Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack, Operators, controllers, CRDs, storage, networking, and cloud platform services.
- Define SRE, observability, high-availability, and disaster-recovery practices.
- Implement security controls covering access, secrets, TLS/mTLS, credential and certificate rotation, audit logging, encryption, and vulnerability management.
- Support incident response, production troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
What We're Looking For
- Strong hands-on experience deploying and supporting production databases, messaging systems, or distributed caching platforms.
- Practical experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases, Kafka, and Redis.
- Strong understanding of high availability, replication, backup and recovery, capacity planning, and data durability.
- Advanced experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift, including StatefulSets, storage, scheduling, networking, service discovery, and failure recovery.
- Understanding of Kubernetes Operators, controllers, CRDs, and automation patterns.
- Experience with OpenStack compute, networking, storage, identity, and virtualization dependencies.
- Strong automation skills using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines, with experience in monitoring and alerting.
What Working at the company Offers
- Competitive Salary: Attractive salary package based on skills and experience.
- Yearly Bonus: Performance-based annual bonus.
- Exclusive Discounts: Access to special benefits through Esaad and Fazaa cards.
- Premium Family Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage, including dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Learning & Development: Access to top-tier learning platforms with unlimited access to premium courses.
The company fosters an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment, united by values like Grit, Passion, and Impact, contributing to a high-performance culture.
