DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote (Client based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Our client, a leading fintech company headquartered in Riyadh, is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join their distributed technology team. This is a remote position, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge financial platforms while collaborating with a global engineering team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Implement infrastructure automation with GitLab, Helm, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Set up and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Grafana Stack and Victoria Metrics.
• Manage and scale containerized environments with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker (K8s on GCP).
• Strengthen system reliability, fault tolerance, and security across all environments.
• Configure and maintain zero-downtime deployments and canary releases via service mesh technologies.
• Embed DevSecOps best practices – including SAST/DAST, secret scanning, and automated compliance checks.
• Contribute to architecture design for scalable, secure, and high-performance fintech solutions.

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and CI/CD.
• Proven expertise with AWS or Google Cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Experience working with Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Solid understanding of network protocols, Linux systems, and security fundamentals.
• Strong scripting abilities in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate or higher English proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in banking or fintech domains.
• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues end-to-end.
• Skilled at balancing scalability, cost-efficiency, and performance.
• Collaborative and eager to mentor or share knowledge within the engineering team.

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