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Job Description
Role Purpose:
Responsible for defining, leading, and governing the enterprise DevOps strategy, cloud platform engineering, CI/CD modernization, and operational reliability across all application platforms including Web, Mobile, APIs, and Backoffice systems.
This role will drive the transformation from legacy delivery models (e.g., TFS, on-prem infrastructure) to a modern, secure, cloud-native DevSecOps ecosystem leveraging GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role ensures accelerated delivery velocity, high system availability, strong security posture, cost optimization, and regulatory compliance.
Key Accountabilities:
1-DevOps Strategy & Platform Architecture:
- Define and implement enterprise DevOps architecture and standards.
- Lead migration from TFS/Azure DevOps to GitLab.
- Standardize CI/CD pipelines across .NET and Java applications.
- Establish containerization and Kubernetes strategy (GKE preferred).
- Define DevSecOps governance frameworks and quality gates.
2-Cloud Platform Engineering (GCP):
- Design and manage secure, scalable GCP environments (Dev, UAT, Production).
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Ensure disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity readiness.
- Optimize cloud cost and resource utilization (FinOps governance).
- Enable centralized logging, monitoring, and observability.
3-CI/CD & Automation Excellence:
- Implement automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
- Reduce lead time for change and improve deployment frequency.
- Enforce Git governance, branching strategies, and artifact management.
- Eliminate manual release processes through automation.
4-DevSecOps & Compliance:
- Integrate SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning tools.
- Implement secrets management and secure credential handling.
- Ensure compliance with internal security policies and regulatory standards.
- Maintain auditability and traceability of deployments.
5-Reliability & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):
- Define SLOs (Service Level Objectives), SLIs (Service Level Indicators), and error budgets.
- Improve MTTR and incident response effectiveness.
- Establish proactive monitoring and alerting frameworks.
- Drive root cause analysis and preventive controls.
6-Engineering Transformation & Modernization:
- Lead on-prem to cloud migration initiatives.
- Support microservices adoption and modernization strategies.
- Drive DevOps maturity uplift across engineering teams.
- Govern vendor DevOps practices and enforce enterprise standards.
Skills
- Proven track record managing large engineering teams and complex enterprise platforms.
- Experience leading CI/CD modernization and cloud migration initiatives at scale.
- Experience in regulated industries (Insurance, Healthcare, Banking) preferred
- Demonstrated leadership of DevOps and platform engineering teams.
- Proven experience leading enterprise transformation programs.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Vendor governance and contract oversight experience.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making capabilities.
- Ability to balance operational stability with strategic transformation.
- Change management and organizational leadership capabilities.
- High integrity and adherence to professional communication standards.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, complex environments.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related fi
Job Details
Preferred Candidate
Bupa Arabia
Bupa Arabia is a healthcare insurance company based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are an associate business of Bupa Group, which is a global healthcare company with an international reach that extends across multiple business operations, practices, and resources.
Founded in October 1997, Bupa Arabia was initially established through a partnership between Bupa Global International and Nazer Group, with the key focus to provide health insurance services with high quality and competitive prices, while ensuring a distinctive experience for customers. Bupa Arabia has since evolved into a fully Saudi-owned and operated company. Our transformation from a joint venture into a publicly traded company on the Saudi Stock Exchange occurred in 2008, as we made 40% of our shares available to the public during our Initial Public Offering (IPO).
As a subsidiary of the global Bupa Group, we draw upon international expertise while maintaining a profound understanding of local healthcare requirements and regulations. This allows us to offer comprehensive healthcare insurance solutions tailored to the unique needs of the Saudi Arabian market.
Bupa Arabia prides itself on its commitment to the wellbeing and development of its employees, providing them with the same standard of care, support, and professionalism that it expects to be delivered to its customers.
Our core values shape every aspect of our work and culture:
Commit – Own it with accountability and urgency.
Collaborate – Win together through cross-functional synergy.
Care – Put people first, both employees and customers.
