Platform Engineer

Start Date: ASAP

Location: UAE

Duration: 6 months

Description

A senior technical role responsible for designing, automating, securing, and operating multi cloud platform (OCI & GCP). Ensures high availability, resilience, security, and compliance for all banking workloads while driving automation, GitOps, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform across Google Cloud (GCP) and Oracle Cloud (OCI).
• Operate and optimize managed Kubernetes clusters (OKE & GKE).
• Manage platform services: Kong API Gateway, Istio / Service Mesh, Vault, ExternalDNS.
• Implement GitOps automation using ArgoCD and integrate CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and manage observability platforms: Dynatrace, Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana.
• Enhance platform security including SAST, DAST, RBAC, mTLS, image scanning, and DevSecOps controls.
• Lead DR failover/failback ensuring alignment with RTO/RPO and SAMA IT Governance.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems and guide engineering teams.
• Drive platform scalability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency.

Required Skills

• Deep expertise in Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and Terraform.
• Strong managed Kubernetes experience including HA, upgrades, scaling, mesh, gateways.
• Proficiency with Istio, API Gateways, Service Mesh, and traffic management.
• Experience with Vault for secrets management and PKI.
• GitOps (ArgoCD), CI/CD automation, Helm, Kustomize.
• Strong troubleshooting of microservices and distributed systems