Senior Platform Engineer | Global Cloud Computing & Infrastructure Provider | Abu Dhabi, UAE
Are you ready to architect the future of enterprise cloud platforms?
About the company Our client is a premier enterprise technology and cloud infrastructure provider driving next-generation cloud platforms and automated data services.
The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the technical implementation and evolution of a massive, customer-facing cloud platform. In this role, you will be the engineering brains behind delivering Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Services at a huge scale.
What You Will Do:Design, engineer, and implement Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Platform services for global enterprise customers. Architect managed Postgre SQL, MySQL, Kafka, and Redis services using production-grade operators (e.g., Cloud Native PG, Crunchy Data, Zalando, Percona, Strimzi). Own the day-to-day reliability, backup architectures (pg Back Rest, Sentinel), disaster recovery, scaling, and connection pooling protocols. Implement multi-tenant operational security including m TLS, automated credential rotation, IAM integration, secure parameter baselines, and image vulnerability management.
What We Are Looking For:Proven experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Dev Ops/SRE roles supporting large-scale cloud services. Expert-level hands-on experience with Kubernetes/Open Shift and underlying cloud infrastructure frameworks (such as Open Stack). Solid foundation in Linux internals, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing, and storage integrations (Cinder, Manila, S3-compatible).
Bonus if you have these skills:Git Ops / Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Flux, or Crossplane. Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, or Open Telemetry.
If you fit the bill, we'd love to hear from you!