DevOps Engineer📣 Job Ad

about 3 hours ago

	Contract Type	Full-time
	Workplace type	On-site
	Location	Dammam

Job Description

About the Role

Akkodis is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team in Dammam, KSA. This full-time role focuses on maintaining system reliability, designing and automating infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles, and managing robust CI/CD pipelines with GitLab. The successful candidate will apply software engineering skills to build, maintain, support, and optimize mission-critical, cloud-native systems and applications for our On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) and eUICC IoT Manager (eIM) products, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and performant.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and automate infrastructure utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles.
Maintain and enhance robust CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
Install, configure, and manage Kubernetes-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Take ownership of production systems, managing real-time system monitoring, observability, and incident response to meet strict SLA commitments.
Act as a technical bridge between development, validation, and customer teams.
Provide operational support through participation in 24/7 onsite shifts and contribute to high-impact Change Advisory Board (CAB) reviews.
Prepare technical documentation, customer acceptance plans, and operational readiness reviews to support continuous process improvement.
Contribute to team growth through knowledge sharing, technical training, and continuous process improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
A minimum of 4+ years of experience in systems administration, solutions delivery, or integration engineering.
Demonstrated experience with the support and operations of highly critical production systems.
Understanding of ITSM processes, including incident management, change management, problem management, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Dammam, KSA. The role requires participation in 24/7 onsite shifts to ensure continuous operational support for critical systems.