Senior DevOps Engineer – Payments Platform (Dubai)

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our mission‑critical Payments Platform team in Dubai. You will design, build and maintain high‑velocity CI/CD pipelines that support rapid, compliant releases for our core financial infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines for fast, zero‑downtime deployments.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks using Jenkins Shared Libraries (Groovy).
• Administer, scale and secure enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters hosting payment applications.
• Implement declarative GitOps deployment models with ArgoCD and package applications via Helm.
• Support rapid compliance‑driven releases mandated by the Central Bank.
• Collaborate with development, security and infrastructure teams to meet strict financial regulatory standards.
• Assist with service‑mesh (Istio) configuration and API gateway management using 3scale (optional).

Required profile

• Proven ability to stay calm and meticulous when deploying critical compliance changes under tight, audited deadlines.
• Security‑first mindset with experience in regulated banking or fintech environments.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills across cross‑functional teams.

Required skills

• Kubernetes (production level)
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Jenkins
• ArgoCD
• Helm
• Groovy and Jenkins Shared Libraries
• Advanced Git usage
• Service mesh (Istio) – good to have
• API management with 3scale – good to have