# Sr. DevOps Engineer - (OpenShift & Kubernetes)

> GSSTech Group · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · — · Posted 2026-08-17

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

We are looking for an experienced **Senior DevOps Engineer** with strong hands-on expertise in **OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, and Jenkins**.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and containerized application platforms across enterprise technology environments. The role involves working with both **in-house microservices and vendor-based microservices**, ensuring reliable, scalable, secure, and efficient application delivery.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

-   Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications and microservices.
-   Work extensively with **Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes** environments for application deployment, configuration, scaling, and troubleshooting.
-   Develop and automate CI/CD workflows using **GitHub Actions**.
-   Build and manage deployment workflows using **ArgoCD** and GitOps practices.
-   Use **Helm** for Kubernetes/OpenShift application packaging, configuration, and deployments.
-   Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot **Jenkins** pipelines and automation workflows.
-   Use **OpenShift oc commands** extensively for application deployment, troubleshooting, configuration, monitoring, and pipeline automation.
-   Develop and maintain pipeline automation for both **in-house microservices and vendor-based microservices**.
-   Automate build, deployment, testing, and release processes across different environments.
-   Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, container problems, and platform-related incidents.
-   Work closely with software engineering, application, QA, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth application delivery.
-   Implement and maintain DevOps best practices across the software development lifecycle.
-   Support continuous improvement of deployment processes, automation, reliability, and platform efficiency.
-   Ensure consistent and reliable application deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
-   Participate in production support, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and technical troubleshooting.

### Required Technical Skills

### OpenShift & Kubernetes

-   Strong hands-on experience with **Red Hat OpenShift**.
-   Strong hands-on experience with **Kubernetes**.
-   Strong understanding of containerized application deployment and orchestration.
-   Deep practical knowledge of **OpenShift oc commands**.
-   Experience troubleshooting pods, deployments, services, routes, configurations, and application workloads.

### CI/CD & Automation

-   Strong experience designing and implementing **CI/CD pipelines**.
-   Hands-on experience with **GitHub Actions** for CI/CD automation.
-   Strong experience with **Jenkins** and Jenkins pipeline development.
-   Ability to automate build, deployment, testing, and release processes.
-   Strong understanding of CI/CD best practices and DevOps lifecycle.

### Helm & ArgoCD

-   Strong hands-on experience with **Helm** charts and Helm-based deployments.
-   Strong experience with **ArgoCD** and GitOps-based deployment practices.
-   Experience managing application configuration and deployments across Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.

### Microservices

-   Experience supporting and deploying **microservices architectures**.
-   Ability to work with both **in-house developed microservices and vendor-based microservices**.
-   Strong understanding of application deployment dependencies, configurations, integrations, and release management.

### Required Experience

-   7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related technology engineering roles.
-   Strong enterprise experience working with **OpenShift and Kubernetes**.
-   Proven experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
-   Strong hands-on experience with **GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm, and ArgoCD**.
-   Strong practical experience using **OpenShift oc commands** for administration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
-   Experience working with enterprise-scale microservices environments.
-   Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

### Preferred / Nice to Have

-   Experience working in banking or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
-   Experience with cloud-native technologies and container platforms.
-   Exposure to GitOps and infrastructure automation practices.
-   Experience supporting high-availability and production-critical applications.
-   Familiarity with security, governance, and enterprise DevOps standards.

### Key Competencies

-   Strong ownership and accountability for platform and deployment reliability.
-   Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
-   Strong communication and collaboration skills.
-   Ability to work effectively with application development, infrastructure, QA, security, architecture, and vendor teams.
-   Comfortable working in fast-paced enterprise environments.
-   Strong focus on automation, reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.

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