DevOps Engineer

DeepLight · Abu Dhabi

Hybrid: Abu DhabiFull TimeEngineering & Architecture
Posted Today

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and govern AWA Azure infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep, including AKS clusters, ADLS Gen2, and Key Vault.
  • Design and optimize automated Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines for container compilation, image signing, and deployment.
  • Manage multi-namespace AKS clusters, enforcing network policies, pod isolation, and KEDA autoscaling rules.
  • Oversee container registries, image signing, vulnerability tracking, and admission control via OPA Gatekeeper.
  • Administer access architectures, managed identities, TLS certificate lifecycles, and secret rotation in Azure Key Vault.
  • Construct complex KQL queries in Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to track SLAs and runtime failures.
  • Implement platform security, private connectivity endpoints, and enterprise firewall architectures.
  • Define and validate automated disaster recovery failover paths to maintain RTO and RPO targets.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.
  • 2+ years of explicit experience within the Azure ecosystem.
  • Deep competence in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or Bicep).
  • Technical mastery of Kubernetes (AKS) configuration, including Helm/Kustomize and network policies.
  • Practical experience implementing automated scaling using KEDA or equivalent metrics.
  • Ability to manage multi-stage, gated deployment pipelines via Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
  • Proficiency in writing advanced KQL (Kusto Query Language) expressions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency with Kubernetes Workload Identity and Azure Key Vault security profiles.
  • Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry, API Management, and Azure Event Hubs or Kafka.
  • Experience managing immutable ADLS Gen2 storage structures.
  • Active certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-400, or CKA.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and monthly employee incentive program.
  • Comprehensive personal health insurance.
  • Visa sponsorship for the successful candidate.
  • Professional development, certification support, and subscription reimbursement.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects within a rapidly growing company.

About the Company

DeepLight AI is a specialist AI and data consultancy that implements intelligent enterprise systems across multiple industries, with a focus on financial services and banking. We deliver tailored, scalable, and secure AI solutions designed to integrate seamlessly into complex enterprise architectures.

Skills & tools

AzureKubernetesTerraformDevOpsCI/CDAKS

What the team is looking for

Use this list as a quick fit check before you apply.

  1. 01Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Bicep)
  2. 02Kubernetes (AKS) configuration
  3. 03Helm/Kustomize
  4. 04KEDA
  5. 05Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
  6. 065+ years DevOps/SRE experience
  7. 072+ years Azure ecosystem experience
  8. 08KQL (Kusto Query Language)
  9. 09Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related