DevOps Engineer

We have an Immediate Job opportunity for Senior Devops Engineer

Job Role: Senior Devops Engineer

Job Location: Riyadh, KSA

Experience : 7 to 15 Years

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days

About Company

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 15,000+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn communit

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected.

Job Description

5+ years of professional DevOps/Infrastructure engineering experience

3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments

3+ years of experience with Docker containerization

2+ years working with GitLab CI/CD or similar platforms

2+ years of cloud platform experience (AWS and/or GCP)

Proven experience with ArgoCD or other GitOps tools

Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and GPU workloads (NVIDIA GPUs, CUDA)

Knowledge of Helm charts and package management

Familiarity with service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd)

Experience with database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Understanding of networking protocols and troubleshooting

Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures

Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR)

Certifications: CKA, CKAD, AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Required Skills

Expert-level Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL)

Advanced Docker containerization and image optimization

Production Kubernetes deployment and management (GKE, EKS, or self-managed)

GitLab CI/CD pipeline development and optimization

ArgoCD for GitOps deployments

AWS services: EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM

GCP services: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, VPC, IAM

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi

Scripting: Bash, Python, or Go

Version control: Git workflows and branching strategies

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

Soft Skills

Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Positive attitude and strong work ethic.