Senior DevOps Engineer
Ericsson · Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Telecommunications · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines across multi-cloud environments. Drive GitOps best practices, infrastructure as code, and security integration to ensure operational excellence and efficient software delivery.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical field and at least 6 years of experience in software development and DevOps practices. Candidates must possess hands-on expertise in cloud environments, CI/CD tools, containerization, and DevSecOps methodologies.
Full description
About this opportunity:
We are now looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in CI/CD automation, DevSecOps, and cloud-native architectures across GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, GCP Cloud Build, and Jenkins. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, ensuring software delivery efficiency, security, and operational excellence. As a key member of a cross-functional, multi-domain development team, you will drive GitOps best practices, automation, security, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to support cloud deployments, testing, and secure cloud operations. This role requires a strong background in DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies, security best practices, multi-cloud platforms, and a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
What you will do:
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines across GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, GCP Cloud Build, and Jenkins to ensure seamless, secure, and automated software delivery.
- Integrate security at every stage of the CI/CD lifecycle by incorporating static code analysis (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) tools.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated cloud provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
- Ensure compliance and security controls using DevSecOps tools, security scanning, access management, and vulnerability remediation in CI/CD workflows.
- Implement GitOps methodologies using tools like ArgoCD or Flux to enforce declarative infrastructure and application deployments.
- Monitor and optimize system performance using observability tools such as AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or GCP Operations Suite.
- Manage and optimize containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm to ensure high availability and scalability.
- Troubleshoot, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP environments, ensuring high resilience and uptime.
- Enhance cloud security through IAM policies, network security, encryption, and compliance automation.
- Collaborate with software development and testing teams to implement test automation, including unit testing, integration testing, and security testing.
- Lead efforts in cloud security best practices, including secrets management, policy enforcement, and secure authentication.
- Drive innovation in automation, reducing manual processes and improving DevOps efficiency through scripting and orchestration.
The skills you bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in software development, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in cloud environments, designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in AWS and GCP.
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools: GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, GCP Cloud Build, and Jenkins.
- Expertise in DevSecOps methodologies, including integrating security testing, compliance checks, and vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Deep understanding of GitOps methodologies, including tools like ArgoCD and Flux.
- Strong networking knowledge, including firewalls, VPNs, routing, DNS, load balancing, and cloud security best practices.
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Loki, Prometheus, or GCP Observability.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash, Python.
- Strong knowledge of security tools, such as Snyk, SonarQube, Aqua Security.
- Hands-on experience with cloud security best practices, IAM policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and secrets management.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (AWS SAAC) certification (preferred).
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification (a plus).
- Experience in MLOps workflows and cloud-based Machine Learning model deployment.
- Experience with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply?Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Egypt (EG) || Cairo
Req ID: 788890