FDE Engineer

FDE Engineer The OpportunityWe're working with a fast-moving organisation looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer its a hybrid role combining deep infrastructure expertise with a genuine client-facing mandate. You won't just be building and running cloud infrastructure behind the scenes; you'll be sitting alongside clients day-to-day, translating technical AI capability into practical business outcomes, and shaping the solutions your infrastructure will supportWhat You'll DoClient-facing (core requirement): Work directly with clients daily understand business needs, explain AI in practical terms, and identify where AI/agentic workflows can add real valueDesign and own Azure infrastructure as code (Terraform/Bicep) , version-controlled, peer-reviewedOwn CI/CD pipelines end-to-end (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps) automated build, test, and deployDeliver zero-downtime deployments with rollback capability and production monitoringImplement security and compliance: secrets management, network isolation, encryption, audit logging, UAE data residencyBuild observability: logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and dashboardsLead incident response: on-call rotation, playbooks, root-cause post-mortemsCoordinate releases across services, manage database migrations, and maintain runbooksWhat You'll Bring5+ years in DevOps, infrastructure, or site reliability engineeringEssential: demonstrable experience working closely with clients translating technical AI concepts into clear business language and shaping practical AI opportunities3+ years with cloud platforms Azure (App Service, AKS, Azure SQL, Functions), AWS, or GCPStrong CI/CD pipeline design experience (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI)Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation)Comfortable in Linux/Unix environments, with solid networking, storage, and security fundamentalsContainerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)Nice to have: Advanced Azure (AKS, Managed Identity, Azure Policy), Kubernetes tooling (Helm, GitOps/ArgoCD/Flux), reusable Terraform modules, monitoring stack depth (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger), OWASP/compliance automation knowledge, and UAE-specific data residency experience