Platform Engineer

Posted 03 August 2026
Salary Competitive salary and package!
LocationAbu Dhabi
Discipline Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure

Job description

 

Discover the Organisation

Our client is a premier enterprise technology and cloud infrastructure provider driving next-generation cloud platforms and automated data services.


Discover 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.

 

Discover the Role

  • Design, engineer, and implement Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Platform services for global enterprise customers.
  • Architect managed PostgreSQL, 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 (pgBackRest, Sentinel), disaster recovery, scaling, and connection pooling protocols.
  • Implement multi-tenant operational security including mTLS, automated credential rotation, IAM integration, secure parameter baselines, and image vulnerability management.

Discover the Requirements

  • Proven experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or DevOps/SRE roles supporting large-scale cloud services.
  • Expert-level hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and underlying cloud infrastructure frameworks (such as OpenStack).
  • Solid foundation in Linux internals, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing, and storage integrations (Cinder, Manila, S3-compatible).

Discover the Desired

  • GitOps / Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Flux, or Crossplane.
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, or Open Telemetry.