73 Senior Devops Engineer jobs in Saudi Arabia

We are a trusted recruitment partner for organizations across the Middle East. Established in 2016, we specialize in delivering unparalleled talent solutions by leveraging our strategic market presence and understanding of evolving industry dynamics.

Our customer is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to success in the Technical domain.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• 3–7 years of relevant experience
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency with industry-standard tools/software
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Knowledge of compliance and governance standards
• Experience in the related industry
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Fluency in English; Arabic is a plus
• Proven track record of delivering results
• Adaptability to fast-paced environments

The infrastructure team is responsible for enabling the product engineering department to work efficiently, security, and with high quality, by providing and managing reliable, automated solutions for the company’s Software Development Lifecycle and DevSecOps pipelines. The team also provides tooling for monitoring and alerting that can be used by our products and solutions, as well as providing documentation and training on these tools and services for the company’s technical staff.

• Establish and manage infrastructure for the Software Development Lifecycle and DevOps pipelines, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Continuous integration (primarily in Github Actions)
• Continuous deployment (ArgoCD and other Argo products or related tool sets)
• Provide monitoring and alerting solutions for company’s products and solutions
• Advice teams on reliability and robustness in production environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of services.

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in the realm of Devops
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP) is required
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.

First Name (Required) 0 of 20 max characters

Last Name (Required) 0 of 20 max characters

Phone Number (Required)

Email Address (Required)

Message (Required) 0 of 300 max characters

Upload CV File (Required)

Acceptance (Required)

I agree to receive other communications from CNTXT*

Acceptance (Required)

I agree to allow CNTXT to store and process my information*

Salary: Not disclosed

Role Overview:

Are you a tech-savvy innovator with a passion for seamless development and deployment? Join us as a DevOps Engineer, where you will play a critical role in revolutionizing how we build, deliver, and scale cutting-edge solutions. Your mission is to bridge the gap between development and operations, ensuring agility, reliability, and performance at every stage of the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

1. Build and Maintain Scalable Infrastructure:
   • Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure using modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
   • Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
   • Ensure high availability and disaster recovery planning for critical systems.
2. Automate Everything:
   • Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless build, test, and deployment workflows.
   • Create scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks, reducing manual intervention and errors.
   • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.
   • Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and system administrators to ensure smooth integration and deployment of software.
   • Serve as a liaison between development and operations teams, advocating for DevOps best practices.
   • Participate in design and architecture discussions to ensure operational excellence.
3. Enhance System Performance & Security:
   • Optimize application performance and system efficiency by identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions.
   • Apply security best practices to safeguard infrastructure, applications, and data.
   • Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and implement necessary patches or upgrades.
   • Foster a culture of continuous delivery, reliability, and innovation.
   • Evaluate new tools, technologies, and frameworks, recommending adoption where beneficial.
   • Provide mentorship and training to team members to promote DevOps principles and practices.

Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline deployment processes using Jenkins, Ansible etc.

Cloud Computing: Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

CI/CD: Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate the software release process.

Containerization: Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.

Scripting and Programming: Write and maintain scripts in Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation and system management.

مهندس DevOps

المسؤوليات:

• تصميم وتنفيذ عمليات CI/CD.
• إدارة أنظمة التشغيل والبنية التحتية.
• دعم الفرق في تبني ممارسات DevOps.

المتطلبات:

• بكالوريوس في علوم الحاسب أو هندسة النظم.
• خبرة لا تقل عن 7 سنوات.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage infrastructure and operating environments.
• Support teams in adopting DevOps practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years of experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From ﷼20,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• What is your current Salary? (Mandatory)

Balance between coding/automation and operating our systems. This is in order to handle IT operation form software engineering perspective and use software engineering skills as a tool to manage systems, solve problems, and automate operations tasks. As SRE, you will be responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning.

Accountabilities:

• Understand client requirements and how they translate in application features, and collaborate with a team of IT professionals to set specifications for new applications
• Write high quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines, and Perform unit and integration testing, functional and non-functional testing before launch
• Apply CI/CD for applications, and GitOps concepts during software development life cycle, and ensure compliance of all regulations (e.g. security, change management, etc.) during SDLC
• Build/write software that automate repeated operations tasks
• harden CI/CD process to have more reliable releases and act as enabler for product teams to deliver reliable product faster
• Conduct Full-stack troubleshooting skills across network, application, hardware, and other layers. Document incidents and build knowledge base to provide self-service guide and troubleshooting for other engineers. Manage systems incidents and work to prevent it in the future.
• Build tools and services that enable engineers to deliver operationally mature services in production and help teams with automating tedious tasks and enable them to quickly launch new services.

Qualifications
:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a similar field
• At least one certificate related to cloud engineering or similar to it.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Teamwork
• Up to date knowledge of emerging market trends related to Enterprise Solutions
• Basic understanding of application architecture
• Basic knowledge of web API implementation, management, and security
• Analytical Skills
• Continuously seeks to develop oneself and broaden knowledge and skills.
• Extensive experience
  with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Go, PHP
• Awareness of databases and object storage
• Demonstrated ability to debug, fix, and optimize code
• Full-stack troubleshooting skills across network, application, hardware, and other layers
• Good experience with git and gitOps
• Good knowledge of agility and its practices.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Excellent and high communication skills
• Arabic and English fluent.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing automation pipelines for current and future projects. You will also handle configuration and optimization of development workflows, containerization processes, and server environments to ensure continuous integration and delivery are running smoothly.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support development and deployment workflows.
• Automate infrastructure and application provisioning using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
• Configure, monitor, and manage web servers and cloud environments.
• Work closely with development teams to streamline containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, or similar platforms.
• Optimize system performance and reliability through proactive monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Implement best practices for security, scalability, and high availability in deployment architectures.
• Maintain documentation for automation processes, configurations, and infrastructure standards.
• Collaborate in troubleshooting system and application issues across the stack.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and deployment meetings.

Requirements:

• Education:
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years
  of experience with DevOps practices, automation pipelines, and web server administration.

Competencies:

• Strong experience in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in working with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experience with Linux/Unix server environments and system administration.

Our client, a leading SaaS startup, are looking to hire a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team. They are one of the most well known and successful software companies in the region and are looking to hire a strong candidate, ideally with a background in ecommerce platforms to join their rapidly growing team ahead of a number of key expansions in to new markets.

There is huge opportunity for career progression, training and exposure to the most cutting edge technology in the industry with excellent operational infrastructure.

The role offers a very competitive salary and excellent long term career growth. The position is based in Riyadh and is a full time role.

If you are interested in applying please get in touch

Qualifications:

5+ years experience in DevOps

Experience working on a b2b ecommerce platform would be a major plus

Job Purpose:

Streamline software delivery and foster collaboration between development and operations through automation, continuous integration/deployment, and shared responsibility, leading to enhanced efficiency, improved quality, and faster innovation.

Functional Accountabilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient and automated software delivery
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) to provision, configure, and scale resources reliably
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and maintenance tasks using scripting and configuration management tools
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to integrate testing, security, and deployment processes
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize infrastructure for scalability and reliability
• Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS) and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Enforce security best practices, compliance standards, and disaster recovery strategies within infrastructure
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure setup, deployment procedures, and incident response protocols
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies to improve DevOps practices.

Striving for Excellence

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations while promoting organizational transparency.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and contribute to shared team objectives.
• Provide regular updates on performance and document any issues or challenges to ensure timely resolution.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 4-6 years of relevant experience in software development, system administration, or IT operations
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Bash, Python) and basic automation techniques
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and understanding of CI/CD concepts
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker)
• Understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Helm
• Familiarity with configuration management tools.
• Basic networking, security best practices, and system monitoring skills

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts clearly

• Eagerness to learn new tools, technologies, and methodologies related to DevOps practices.

COMPETENCIES

Working with Others:

• Fosters collaboration and removes obstacles that hinder teamwork.
• Offers advice and support in a sensitive and timely manner.
• Assumes clear responsibility for relevant tasks from the outset.
• Builds a robust network, including senior-level contacts, to facilitate activities and expand knowledge.
• Demonstrates the ability to negotiate and influence decision-makers at higher levels.
• Proactively coordinates with other departments, partners, and external stakeholders.

Adapting and Innovating:

• Drives improvements within own remit, adding value where possible
• Promotes adaptability among team members to achieve objectives
• Advocate new ideas that gain traction with senior colleagues.

Accountability

• Takes ownership of tasks and meets deadlines consistently.
• Delivers outputs on time while adhering to cost and quality standards.
• Accepts responsibility for personal shortcomings and compliance requirements.
• Supports team members, oversees delegated assignments, and remains accountable.

Respect for Diversity

• Works constructively with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Treats all individuals with dignity, respect, and equality.
• Considers different perspectives and demonstrates understanding in daily decisions.
• Reflects on personal biases to avoid stereotyping or discrimination.
• Adjusts systems and practices when biases are identified.

Communicating with Others

• Conveys information confidently and credibly.
• Produces concise reports and documentation highlighting key insights.
• Tailors communication style to meet varied audience needs.
• Guides others on the most suitable communication methods and content.