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We are currently seeking a DevOps Lead who will be responsible for the oversight and management of the development and implementation of DevOps strategies. The ideal candidate will set up guidelines, supervise teams of engineers across multiple projects, manage projects and collaborate with stakeholders to drive continuous integration and delivery initiatives.

Our client based in Dubai, is one of the largest semi-government organisations in the region. This position is a contract role with an initial duration of 12 months and is renewable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical mentorship to Virtual Architects on DevOps-specific architecture patterns and tools.
• Translate enterprise DevOps guidelines into actionable, project-level practices.
• Assess DevOps-related HLDs and business architecture deliverables for technical accuracy and feasibility.
• Validate EA artefacts in ADOIT and ADONIS for compliance with established standards.
• Serve as the DevOps Architecture point of contact in cross-functional strategic projects.
• Collaborate with project teams to architect DevOps solutions aligned with enterprise direction.
• Ensure DevOps artefacts in EA tools (ADOIT, ADONIS) and collaboration platforms (Confluence, Azure DevOps) are accurate and up to date.
• Govern technical documentation for consistency and alignment with defined standards.
• Identify technical gaps or inefficiencies in current DevOps implementations.
• Propose targeted improvements to architecture leads and system owners for remediation.

Knowledge, skills & experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Professional DevOps Engineer or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Minimum 5-7 years experience
• Experience in setting up a new DevOps capability and manage its evolution and operation and governance. Experience in selecting DevOps technologies and onboarding programs of work dependent on this capability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Project management and organizational skills
• Expertise in CI/CD practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
• Tools: Jenkins, Git/GitHub/GitLab, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud ecosystems
• Excellent skills in Azure DevOps
• Excellent skills in OpenShift
• Linux/Unix operating systems
• Monitoring and logging systems (e.g., ELK Stack, Splunk)
• Version control systems (e.g., SVN)