Senior DevOps Engineer

Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your ideas can directly impact the product? We're seeking a passionate Senior DevOps Engineer to join our well-funded and growing startup team! In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping competitive features for our building efficiency platform. Meeting climate targets is a worldwide challenge, and we enable the real estate industry to achieve their sustainability targets. You'll be working closely with a small, cross-functional team of product experts and engineers. You'll have the opportunity to:

● Design, implement and manage the cloud infrastructure.

● Enable and accelerate the work of developers and data scientists.

● Ensure seamless deployment and scaling services.

● Have a significant say in infrastructure design and architecture.

● Witness the impact of your decisions firsthand as we rapidly iterate and improve.

This is an exciting chance to build a successful product from the ground up in a dynamic startup environment. If you're a creative problem solver who enjoys collaboration and making a real difference, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

• Develop and own scalable, reproducible, reliable, and secure infrastructure in an IaC fashion for big data processing, storage, and analysis.
• Design cMatter’s multi-account AWS strategies i.e. AWS accounts across multiple environments. AWS EKS, ECS, RDS, MSK etc.
• Demonstrate leadership mindset in taking initiatives, making decisions and enforcing best practices that everyone benefits from.
• CI/CD and GitOps leadership: for example, CI/CD pipelines for applications/infrastructure and implementing GitOps workflows (e.g. branching and merging strategies)
• Proactive security: by embedding code security scanning early in the CICD pipeline and docker images scanning.
• Closely collaborate with development teams to optimize deployments, data pipelines, security, and enforce best practices from the infrastructure/DevOps perspective.
• Introduce and support proper monitoring solutions to ensure high availability and proactive incidents management.
• Incorporate security, cost management and sustainability in every architecture/design discussion.

What you'll need

Must have: 

• 5+ years of production grade DevOps responsibilities, i.e. designing, deploying and maintaining high-availability, scalable and secure infrastructure in production.
• Proven experience in CI/CD frameworks, for example GitLab CI or GitHub actions
• Strong knowledge of secret management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS secret manager)
• Strong proficiency with AWS (Managed AWS services, Networking)
• Very good knowledge in Networking and DNS management.
• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for infrastructure automation.
• Expertise in IaC (Terraform)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and driving cross-team initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written

Nice to have:

• Certifications in AWS/DevOps.
• Experience with real-time data pipelines (For example, Kafka)
• Experience with MLOps
• Experience in Java / Python / C++ experience
• Experience in Embedded / IoT exposure

Why join us

This isn't just another role; it's an opportunity to become a core member of our innovative startup team and work alongside a talented and inclusive team of product experts and engineers. Here's what makes this role special:

• Be valued: Your ideas and expertise will directly influence product direction. This is your chance to make a real difference.
• Collaborative spirit: Open communication and teamwork are paramount, alongside the drive for excellence and ultimate customer satisfaction.
• Live and work in a forward looking, multicultural hub: Experience the dynamic energy of the UAE, a top destination for ambitious professionals.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits Package: We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes: health insurance, generous annual leave, visa sponsorship and the chance to earn a discretionary bonus.