Lead Azure DevOps /SRE Engineer

About the JobWe're hiring a Senior Lead – Azure DevOps / SRE Engineer to own architecture delivery across our Azure estate leading AKS platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform & Ansible), Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and release management/SRE practices.📍 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (Onsite)🕒 Immediate joiners or those who can join within 2 weeks preferred⚡ Availability: Candidates must be currently based in UAEKey ResponsibilitiesDeliver production-ready platforms from architecture designs (security, networking, identity)Design, operate, and scale AKS clusters (upgrades, hardening, workload isolation)Build IaC frameworks using Terraform and AnsibleEngineer multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines with approval gates and rollback patternsOwn release management — planning, promotion, verification, rollback readinessAutomate workflows using Python, Bash, PowerShellSupport Linux and Windows Server environmentsDefine SLIs/SLOs, lead incident response and postmortemsRequired SkillsStrong hands-on AKS production experienceExpert-level Terraform and Azure DevOps pipeline engineeringStrong Ansible, Docker, and Helm experienceStrong scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)Linux and Windows Server operationsDesirableObservability/monitoring at scaleExperience in regulated environmentsCKA / Terraform Associate / MS DevOps Engineer Expert certificationsSkills: Azure DevOps, AKS, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Helm, Python, Bash, PowerShell, SRE, CI/CD, Linux, Windows Server