DevOps Engineer

Jeel

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to Jeel s established IT policies, processes and procedures related to DevOps, cloud operations, security, and compliance. Contribute to the development and continuous refinement of standard operating procedures, deployment guidelines, and automation frameworks in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Promote consistent governance and documentation of change management and configuration management practices.
• Oversee and manage daily CI/CD operations, infrastructure performance, and deployment cycles. Troubleshoot issues swiftly and ensure high availability of environments. Support smooth functioning of development and testing activities through stable DevOps practices and timely intervention.
• Design, implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform or equivalent tools.
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) for system observability.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Operations
• Maintain and operate cloud environments (GCP, Azure or AWS) with a focus on scalability, cost optimisation and security.
• Implement containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Manage infrastructure lifecycle, including versioning, upgrades, and patching using automated processes.
• Collaboration & Agile Delivery
• Work closely with software engineers, architects and QA to streamline development workflows and reduce lead time.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
• Support release planning and coordinate deployments across non-production and production environments.
• Identify process bottlenecks and propose enhancements to improve delivery efficiency.
• Contribute to documentation, internal training sessions and knowledge base articles.
• Research new DevOps trends and assess tools and frameworks for team adoption.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in DevOps across teams. Contribute to team capability building through knowledge sharing, technical coaching, and peer review processes. Help foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Generate and maintain accurate reports on pipeline performance, infrastructure health, incident resolution, and compliance status. Communicate key metrics and risks to stakeholders to support operational visibility and data-driven decision-making. Contribute to audit responses and executive dashboards.
• Enforce secure configurations and policies aligned with ISO 27001, NIST and SAMA compliance standards.
• Implement secrets management, access controls, and audit logging to protect sensitive data.
• Support threat modelling and vulnerability remediation in collaboration with the security team.
• Performs other related duties or assignments as directed.