Job description

Location - Dhahran, KSA

We are seeking a highly accomplished, senior-level GCP DevOps Engineer with a minimum of 7 years of experience specializing in designing, building, and delivering robust, enterprise-scale DevOps solutions. This role is tailored for a technical powerhouse who has a proven track record of navigating complex, multi-layered cloud transformation projects.

The ideal candidate will architect and implement automated, secure infrastructure pipelines, bridging the gap between legacy systems and modern cloud-native ecosystems. Holding a valid Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer certification is a mandatory prerequisite for this role.

Key Responsibilities
Architectural Design & Solution Delivery
● Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of end-to-end enterprise DevOps solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
● Architect resilient, highly available, and secure infrastructure blueprints tailored for high-transaction corporate frameworks.
● Act as a core technical consultant on high-impact cloud transformation projects, successfully migrating and modernizing complex legacy architectures.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
● Enforce complete environmental consistency by utilizing Terraform as the primary enterprise IaC standard.
● Build modular, reusable, and highly secure Terraform registries to provision complex multi-region VPCs, IAM hierarchies, and compute environments.
● Implement automated drift detection and state-file management best practices across production environments.

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering
● Design, optimize, and maintain advanced continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines utilizing both GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
● Standardize repository management workflows, branching strategies, and automated quality/security gates (including SAST/DAST tools) within GitLab and GitHub.
● Implement containerized deployment strategies utilizing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, and Artifact Registry.
Reliability, Observability & Collaboration
● Collaborate closely with Enterprise Security, Cloud Architecture, and Software Engineering teams to implement a rigorous DevSecOps culture.
● Design robust monitoring, alerting, and logging frameworks utilizing GCP Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and open-source stacks (Prometheus/Grafana).

Required Experience & Qualifications
● Experience: Minimum of 7 years of dedicated experience in DevOps engineering, infrastructure automation, or cloud solution architecture, with a heavy emphasis on enterprise environments.
● Transformation Projects: Proven experience acting as a technical lead or key contributor in large-scale, complex corporate IT migrations or digital transformation initiatives.
● Primary Tooling:
○ Advanced proficiency with Terraform for complex infrastructure orchestration.
○ Deep, hands-on experience designing workflows in GitLab and GitHub ecosystem variants.
● Containerization: Comprehensive expertise with Docker, Kubernetes (specifically GKE), and service mesh topologies.
● Networking & Security: Strong grasp of enterprise networking (Shared VPCs, Cloud DNS, Cloud Interconnect, Firewalls) and foundational DevSecOps rules (IAM least privilege, Key Management Service, Secrets management).
Preferred Skills
● Proficiency in scripting and automation utilizing Python, Go, or advanced Bash.
● Familiarity with database migration practices on GCP (Cloud SQL, Spanner, Bigtable).
● Background working within highly regulated frameworks (e.g., financial services, healthcare, or government data standards).

Qualifications:

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer Certification
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.

What We Offer

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

No experience required

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma