Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Abu Dhabi

ZEDEDA is hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to contribute to the design, build, and operation of our global cloud and on-premise infrastructure from Abu Dhabi. This role supports 24/7 operations, drives scalability and resilience, and collaborates across engineering and product teams to deliver a secure, scalable IoT edge orchestration platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate ZEDEDA’s global cloud and on-premise (including air-gapped) infrastructure
• Support 24/7 operations of ZEDEDA’s SaaS service and customer on-premise deployments with a focus on scalability, resilience, and innovation
• Troubleshoot and solve highly complex distributed systems issues
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape architecture and feature development
• Share knowledge and best practices to elevate engineering excellence across the organization
• Maintain cross-functional communication with ZEDEDA teams and contribute to documentation
• Participate in and improve the on-call rotation and operational processes

Requirements

• Must live or relocate to Abu Dhabi
• 7+ years supporting large-scale, distributed installations
• Broad expertise in Kubernetes and Docker
• Strong experience with Apache Kafka
• Experience operating hybrid cloud and on-premise environments
• Deep hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices
• Strong Python programming skills for automation at scale
• Demonstrated SRE practices and ability to guide peers
• Experience contributing to technical vision and infrastructure strategy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience with distributed teams
• Self-motivated, proactive, and outcome-driven

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines
• Background in open source software development
• Industry recognition or contributions to open-source communities

Benefits

ZEDEDA offers competitive compensation that may include base pay, equity, and benefits. Typical benefits include annual leave, health and medical coverage, relocation assistance where applicable, and end-of-service gratuity as per company policy.

About the Company

ZEDEDA provides a scalable cloud-based IoT edge orchestration solution delivering visibility, control, and security for distributed edge deployments. Our platform supports any application type (VM or container), any hardware platform (ARM or x86), and secure deployments with hardware root of trust. We emphasize collaboration, open work environments, and technical innovation through customer collaboration and open-source engagement.