Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud & Kubernetes

Discovered MENA · Abou Dabi

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Kubernetes OpenShift OpenStack Linux Networking DNS PKI Load balancing PostgreSQL MySQL Kafka Redis CloudNativePG Crunchy Data Zalando Percona Strimzi pgBackRest Sentinel Terraform Ansible Argo CD Flux Crossplane Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager Loki OpenTelemetry mTLS IAM Credential rotation Image vulnerability management

Job description

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, implementation and operation of a massive, customer‑facing cloud platform. You will be responsible for delivering Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Services at enterprise scale for global customers.

Key responsibilities

Design, engineer and launch Kubernetes‑as‑a‑Service and Managed Data Platform services.
Architect managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka and Redis services using production‑grade operators.
Own day‑to‑day reliability, backup (pgBackRest, Sentinel), disaster recovery, scaling and connection‑pooling.
Implement multi‑tenant security including mTLS, automated credential rotation, IAM integration and image vulnerability management.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless integration with underlying cloud infrastructure (OpenStack, OpenShift).

Required profile

Proven experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering or DevOps/SRE roles supporting large‑scale cloud services.
Expert‑level hands‑on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and cloud infrastructure frameworks such as OpenStack.
Strong foundation in Linux internals, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing and storage integrations (Cinder, Manila, S3‑compatible).

Required skills

Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack
Linux, networking, DNS, PKI, load balancing
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Redis
Operators: CloudNativePG, Crunchy Data, Zalando, Percona, Strimzi
Backup tools: pgBackRest, Sentinel
GitOps/Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Flux, Crossplane
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, OpenTelemetry
Security: mTLS, IAM, credential rotation, image vulnerability management

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