Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer page is loaded## Senior DevOps Engineerlocations: United Arab Emirates - Dubaitime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 9 Days Agojob requisition id: R56785**Job Summary:**We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing technology team in Dubai. In this role, you will drive on-prem and cloud infrastructure excellence, ensure reliability across our platforms, and elevate our CI/CD and automation capabilities. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams and contribute to scalable, secure, and high‑performance deployments.**Job Description:**## Key Duties and Responsibilities* On‑Prem Orchestration & Automation + Automate at scale with Ansible/Foreman/Satellite, PXE/Kickstart, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform where applicable). + Build HA clusters, load balancers, and resilient storage for low‑latency, high‑throughput workloads.* Red Hat Platform Engineering + Establish hardened RHEL baselines (CIS, SELinux, firewalld) and manage lifecycle/patching (EUS, kernel upgrades). + Deep OS troubleshooting (systemd, cgroups, I/O schedulers, NIC offloads) and capacity planning. + Implement observability with Prometheus/Grafana/ELK, SLO/SLI‑driven alerting, and actionable runbooks.* Java Runtime & Application Performance + Operate and optimize Java app servers (JBoss/WildFly, Tomcat; WebLogic a plus). + Tune JVM (G1/ZGC, heap sizing, thread pools) and profile with JFR, Async‑Profiler, and APMs (Dynatrace/New Relic/AppDynamics). + Lead automated load testing initiatives using JMeter, Gatling, or k6 to establish performance baselines. + Implement automated Penetration Testing and vulnerability scanning (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, or Snyk) integrated directly into the CI/CD pipeline. + Engineer zero‑downtime deployments (blue/green, canary), connection pool/GC tuning, and performance testing (JMeter/Gatling/k6).* Containers & Hybrid + Containerize Java services (Docker/Podman) and run on‑prem Kubernetes/OpenShift (operators, quotas, network policies, storage classes). + Build secure CI/CD (Jenkins/Azure DevOps/…) with artifact management (Nexus/Artifactory), SBOMs, image signing, and policy gates.* Cloud knowledge (Azure, AWS, GCP) + Design and operate workloads across Azure, AWS, and GCP, choosing the right service for the job (IaaS, managed DB, cache, messaging, observability). + Implement consistent patterns for identity, networking, security, logging, and cost governance across providers. + Build hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute/Direct Connect/Cloud Interconnect, site‑to‑site VPNs) between on‑prem and cloud estates.* Reliability & Security + Lead incident response and post‑mortems, drive MTTR down and reliability up. + Implement robust secrets management, PKI/cert rotation, and least‑privilege access; collaborate on audits and compliance. + Review the duties and responsibilities of this role and group into subheadings## ## Education and Experience* 8+ years of hands‑on DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering experience.* Strong Java runtime expertise: JVM/GC tuning, thread/heap diagnostics, and app‑server ops (JBoss/WildFly, Tomcat).* Experience operating on‑prem such as VMWare.* DevOps certification in Azure, AWS, or GCP would be an added advantage.## Personal Attributes* Effective communication and interpersonal skills in dealings with team members, customers and other stakeholders.* Ability to build strong relationships quickly, both internally and with customers.* Aptitude to learn; have a high level of initiative, be self-motivated, highly organized and independent with the ability to manage your own workload and work unsupervised.* Mature and professional approach to work.* Accountable with an ability to adapt to the relevant internal procedures of a customer whilst adhering to company procedures.* Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within a multi-facetted environment.* A passionate ‘can-do’ mindset focused on understanding and addressing customer needs.* A co-operative approach to “go the extra mile” to achieve results.* Act positively in a team environment, appreciate each team member's contributions and effectively utilize each team member to his/her fullest potential.## Special Conditions* All air travel is economy class.* Occasional travel within Middle East or Europe**Worker Type:**Regular**Number of Openings Available:**1## **You’re passionate about moving people. So are we.**At Trapeze, we strive to enhance lives by building technology for a better tomorrow and providing unique solutions for life.We help public transport operators and authorities, public safety organisations and large-scale taxi enterprises address everyday pain points, save money and improve customer experience through the use of proven technologies. The efficiencies created through our solutions allow you to maximise your competitive advantage and enhance community outcomes.As the Asia Pacific branch of the Trapeze Group, we ha