The posting
What We Need
Oivan is a digital engineering, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity services company. We help governments, giga-projects, and large enterprises build, modernize, operate, and secure mission-critical digital services. Our mission is to build intelligent digital platforms that matter — then help our clients run and improve them at scale.
We combine Nordic engineering standards with deep regional commitment, with our operational headquarters in Riyadh and delivery teams across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Our clients come to us when they need to turn complex transformation goals into reliable, secure production systems.
Why This Role Matters As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will design and operate the platforms that let our clients build, ship, and run software safely at enterprise scale. You will work across CI/CD, cloud, container orchestration, and security — bridging the gap between development, operations, and security teams so that releases are fast, repeatable, and secure.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role based in Riyadh. You will work on complex, mission-critical environments, lead discovery and migration activities, and help raise the bar on how Oivan delivers engineering platforms.
What You'll Do
- Build and run CI/CD: Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, following DevOps and DevSecOps best practices.
- Architect cloud and hybrid environments: Design, implement, and manage cloud and hybrid environments across GCP, Oracle Cloud, or Azure.
- Automate with IaC: Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and Ansible).
- Operate container platforms: Design and operate container platforms using Kubernetes, SUSE Rancher, and OpenStack.
- Run resilient data services: Deploy, manage, and maintain PostgreSQL clusters and Redis clusters (Sentinel-based) for high availability and resilience.
- Manage service discovery: Implement and operate Consul clusters for service discovery and configuration management.
- Design for resilience: Design and test Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, including data replication, failover strategies, and DR networking setup.
- Lead discovery and migration: Lead discovery and assessment of existing SDLC, CI/CD, and infrastructure environments, and plan and execute migrations from existing GitLab instances or other DevOps platforms (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket) to new GitLab environments.
- Stand up GitLab: Install, configure, and operate GitLab on-premise environments, and design GitLab reference architectures.
- Document operations: Create and maintain Runbooks and Playbooks for product- and project-based operations.
- Embed security: Implement security scanning and automated security testing within CI/CD pipelines.
- Bridge teams: Connect Development, Operations, and Security teams to deliver secure, reliable platforms.
- Keep platforms healthy: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance, availability, and reliability.
- Share knowledge: Conduct training sessions and knowledge transfer for customers and internal teams.
- Engage clients: Work closely with customer stakeholders in on-site engagements in KSA.
What You Have
Core Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD, or Platform Engineering.
- Strong experience working in on-premise enterprise environments.
- Ability to work independently in a customer-facing role.
- Cloud
- Experience with cloud administration on at least one of the following:
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Microsoft Azure
- Infrastructure as Code
Strong hands-on experience with:
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CI/CD & GitLab
- Hands-on experience with GitLab migrations and high-availability GitLab implementations.
- Container & Orchestration
- Expertise in container orchestration and platforms:
- Kubernetes
- SUSE Rancher
- OpenStack
- Data & Platform Services
- Experience managing PostgreSQL clusters.
- Experience with Redis clusters, including Sentinel.
- Hands-on experience with object storage solutions.
- Experience with Consul clusters for service discovery and configuration.
- Resilience
- Strong Disaster Recovery (DR) skills, including:
- Data replication strategies
- DR networking setup and failover planning
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
What We Offer
At Oivan, you'll join a diverse team of experts committed to delivering digital services that operate reliably for real users. We combine the speed and ambition of a scale-up with the stability required for mission-critical government and enterprise work.
Your growth and wellbeing are priorities. We offer continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a collaborative culture where we win together.
How We Work Production impact: We build solutions that work in real operating environments — useful, measurable, secure, and maintainable. Nordic engineering standards: We prioritize engineering excellence, security, and long-term maintainability. One team: We match tasks to the right owner, stay agile as priorities shift, and collaborate to win. Transparency: We go deep, ask questions, and understand the "why" behind every decision.
Application Process Initial Screening (TA + Hiring Manager) Technical Discussion (Deep dive into DevOps/DevSecOps experience) Technical Task (Hands-on scenario) Final Interview
