Software Engineer - DevOps (m/f/d)

Key Responsibilities *

Main duties and day-to-day tasks expected from the resource

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise CI/CD pipelines supporting banking applications, APIs, microservices, and digital platforms.
• Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Manage application deployments across Azure and AWS cloud environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Implement DevSecOps controls including code quality gates, security scanning, vulnerability management, and compliance automation.
• Administer and optimize SonarQube quality gates, code coverage, and technical debt management processes.
• Design and maintain Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, and EKS deployment platforms.
• Collaborate with development, security, infrastructure, SRE, and architecture teams to ensure reliable delivery of banking solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, disaster recovery, backup, and operational processes.
• Support release management, environment management, production deployments, and incident resolution activities.

Required Skills *

Primary technical and functional skills

• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Enterprise, and Azure DevOps.
• Expert knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and optimization.
• Hands-on experience with SonarQube, SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and secure SDLC practices.
• Strong expertise in Azure services including Azure DevOps, AKS, Key Vault, App Services, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including EKS, EC2, ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, Lambda, and CloudFormation.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, OpenShift, and container orchestration platforms.
• Strong scripting experience using Shell, PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM, Bicep, or CloudFormation.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas *

Specific domain or industry knowledge required

• 5+ years of DevOps engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting banking, financial services, digital channels, API platforms, or mission-critical systems.
• Strong understanding of API and microservices deployment strategies.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps controls and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, resilience, high availability, disaster recovery, and platform observability.
• Experience with Agile, DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering practices.
• Familiarity with change management, CAB approvals, release governance, and audit requirements in regulated environments.

Good-to-Have Skills

Additional skills that are an advantage but not mandatory

• Experience with Kong API Gateway, Azure API Management.
• Experience implementing GitOps using Github.
• Knowledge of Kafka, Event Hub or messaging platforms.
• Experience with Dynatrace, and AppDynamics.
• Exposure to FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and platform governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of banking security standards, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, OWASP, and NIST frameworks.

Key Deliverables *

Expected outputs and outcomes from the resource

• Automated CI/CD pipelines achieving secure and reliable application deployments.
• Deployment and management of applications across Azure and AWS platforms.
• Implementation of SonarQube quality gates and DevSecOps controls across delivery pipelines.
• Infrastructure provisioning through Infrastructure as Code and automation standards.
• Monitoring, observability, and operational dashboards for production workloads.
• Compliance with security, audit, availability, performance, and resilience requirements.
• Reduced deployment lead times and improved release success rates across platforms.

Certifications Required

AWS Certified, PMP, CISSP, Azure, ITIL

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
• ITIL Foundation Preferred
• Certified DevSecOps Professional (Preferred)

Software Engineer - DevOps in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates