
Expert Platform Engineer
TAWANTECH
Visa & sponsorship
- Employers in Saudi Arabia sponsor the residence visa by default, and nothing in the posting says otherwise.
Job description
Purpose:
To design and evolve scalable, secure, and resilient technology platforms that enable engineering teams to efficiently develop, deploy, operate, and monitor enterprise applications and digital services.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
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Design and implement scalable platform architecture and engineering solutions.
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Define platform engineering standards, patterns, and technical practices.
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Develop and enhance infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities.
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Design and optimize CI/CD platforms, deployment pipelines, and developer tooling.
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Drive containerization, orchestration, cloud, and platform automation practices.
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Ensure platform security, resilience, availability, scalability, and performance.
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Lead technical resolution of complex platform and infrastructure issues.
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Develop self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity.
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Evaluate platform technologies and recommend improvements and modernization opportunities.
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Provide advanced technical guidance and mentorship to engineers.
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Collaborate with architecture, cybersecurity, cloud, SRE, and application engineering teams.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
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Bachelorโs degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or related field.
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8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure.
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Expert hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS Cloud in production environments.
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Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation.
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Strong knowledge of Linux, networking, security, and cloud architecture.
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Proven experience designing and supporting highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms.
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Strong experience with monitoring, observability, incident management, and production troubleshooting.
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Experience in Banking, FinTech, or Payment environments is highly preferred.
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Good understanding of PCI-DSS and security/compliance requirements.