Senior Engineer - Data Platforms
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About Us
Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is driving transformative technology solutions globally.
Leveraging advanced resources and partnerships, Core42 empowers clients to harness sovereign AI infrastructure, especially in sectors with stringent regulatory needs.
With a mission to redefine digital transformation, we combine sovereign capabilities with scalable, high-performance compute infrastructure, positioning itself at the forefront of AI innovation in the Middle East and beyond.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior PaaS / Cloud Data Platform Engineer to lead the implementation and evolution of customer-facing cloud platform services, including Kubernetes as a Service and managed data platform offerings.
This role will focus on designing, deploying, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient platform services across Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack, and managed database technologies.
You will play a key role in enabling enterprise-grade cloud services supporting modern application workloads, AI platforms, and large-scale customer environments.
Platform Engineering & Service Delivery
- Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes as a Service and Managed Data Platform solutions
- Build and support managed services for relational and non-relational databases, messaging, caching, backup, restore, and lifecycle management
- Ensure scalability, resiliency, and operational maturity of platform services
Kubernetes & Cloud Platform Engineering
- Work hands-on with Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenStack, operators, controllers, APIs, and automation frameworks
- Review, troubleshoot, and optimize Kubernetes operators, controllers, and platform automation components
- Support multi-tenant, customer-facing cloud platform environments
Reliability, Monitoring & Operations
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and operational readiness frameworks
- Define and maintain disaster recovery, backup, restore, failover, and maintenance procedures
- Support incident analysis, root cause investigations, and performance optimization initiatives
Infrastructure Integration & Security
- Ensure integration with infrastructure services including networking, IAM, PKI, storage, DNS, and load balancing
- Implement security controls including RBAC, secrets management, encryption, audit logging, and hardening standards
- Support secure and compliant cloud platform operations
Automation & Continuous Improvement
- Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps-based automation initiatives
- Improve operational efficiency through automation, tooling, and platform standardization
- Contribute to continuous improvement and platform evolution initiatives
Required
- Strong experience in
- platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps/SRE, or PaaS engineering
- environments
- Hands-on expertise with
Kubernetes, OpenShift, and OpenStack
- Experience with managed database and messaging technologies including
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, or similar
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes operators, controllers, CRDs, and automation patterns
- Experience implementing high availability, disaster recovery, observability, backup, and restore solutions
- Strong Linux, networking, virtualization, storage, IAM, and security knowledge
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
Preferred
- Experience with database operators such as
- Crunchy Postgres Operator, Percona, MongoDB Operator, or Redis Operator
- Experience with observability platforms including
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch
- Experience with
- Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Flux, Crossplane, Cluster API, or GitOps frameworks
- Familiarity with software-defined storage and cloud storage technologies such as
- Cinder, Manila, or S3-compatible storage
- Experience supporting secure, large-scale, multi-tenant cloud environments
- What we’re looking for
- A highly technical and hands-on platform engineer with strong cloud-native expertise and a passion for building scalable, resilient infrastructure services.
- You are a proactive problem solver with strong analytical thinking, capable of operating in complex enterprise environments while driving operational excellence and automation.
- What working at Core42 offers
- With a diverse team of 1,100+ employees from 68 nationalities, we foster an inclusive, innovative and collaborative environment.
- At Core42, we foster a culture grounded in trust, accountability and high performance.
- We are united by our values: Grit, where we overcome challenges with resilience and determination, Passion, which drives us to pursue excellence in everything we do, and Impact, as we aim to inspire progress and create meaningful change.
- Our team members thrive in an environment where each person’s contributions propel us forward, and together, we commit to achieving extraordinary results.
- Competitive Salary: We offer an attractive salary package based on your skills and experience
- Yearly Bonus: In recognition of your contributions, you will receive a performance-based annual bonus
- Exclusive Discount Cards: Access special benefits with Esaad and Fazaa cards, offering discounts across a wide range of services
- Premium Family Insurance: We provide comprehensive health coverage, including dental, vision and life insurance, ensuring the well-being of you and your family
- Learning & Development: We offer access to top-tier learning platforms to help you grow in your career. Learn at your own pace with unlimited access to premium courses
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