Devops Engineer (mid - level)

DevOps Engineer

Lean Technologies is building the financial data infrastructure for the MENA region. We operate in a highly regulated, security-sensitive environment powering mission-critical financial services with robust SLAs, strong security controls, and scalable, high-performance systems.

Role Overview

As a DevOps Engineer, you'll help build and run our hybrid-cloud platform across multiple regions and environments. You'll contribute to Kubernetes operations, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability—working closely with Senior DevOps/SREs to keep the platform secure, fast, and reliable.

What You'll Do

• Kubernetes: Deploy, upgrade, and support clusters in GCP and OCI; handle day-2 operations (rollouts, node pools, autoscaling) and troubleshoot common issues.

• CI/CD: Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for microservices using GitHub Actions/Jenkins; improve build speed, test coverage, and release automation.

• Infrastructure as Code: Contribute Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks for multi-region environments; follow GitOps practices for consistent deployments.

• Observability: Operate and tune monitoring/alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK), create actionable dashboards and SLO-aligned alerts.

• Reliability: Participate in on-call rotations, assist with incident response, and contribute to post-incident reviews and runbooks.

• Automation: Script routine tasks (provisioning, scaling, configuration, patching) using Bash and Python/Go.

• Security & Compliance: Implement hardening baselines (e.g., CIS L1), secrets management, and least-privilege policies; follow SOC 2 / ISO 27001 practices.

• Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering teams to improve platform tooling and developer experience.

Must-Have Skills

• 3–5 years in DevOps/SRE or platform engineering roles.

• Solid knowledge of Linux administration and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, firewall rules).

• Hands-on with Kubernetes/Helm/containers (day-2 ops and troubleshooting).

• Terraform for infra automation; familiarity with Ansible or similar CM tools.

• Scripting with Bash and at least one of Python or Go.

• Cloud experience with GCP or OCI (comfortable learning the other).

Nice to Have

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD (GitOps).

• Logging & tracing: ELK, OpenTelemetry; metrics with Prometheus.

• Operational exposure to PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis (backup/restore, HA basics).

• Security: hardening, IAM design, vulnerability scanning, WAF/NGFW familiarity.

• Knowledge of Cloudflare or other edge/security platforms.

• Experience in fintech or other regulated industries.

• Service mesh exposure (Istio/Linkerd) is a plus.

• Strong documentation habits (runbooks, SOPs, incident notes).

How You'll Grow

• Take ownership of a product area (e.g., observability stack, cluster lifecycle, or CI/CD platform).

• Lead incident bridges and author RCAs with clear action items.

• Design reusable Terraform modules and champion GitOps maturity.

• Contribute to security/compliance evidence and control automation.

NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we're keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!!

Why Join Us?

Lean is the first regulated open banking and open finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Since 2019 we've been on a mission to become the pre-eminent A2A payments company in the Middle East - enabling our clients to seamlessly connect to their users' bank accounts to initiate real-time payments and retrieve account information. Our products have garnered the trust of some of the leading companies in the region, including the likes of Etisalat Group, Careem, Binance, Tabby, Tamara, Tawuniya, and more.

To date, Lean has processed billions of dollars, and our products have connected with hundreds of thousands of accounts across the region. We've recently announced our $67.5 million Series B funding round led by General Catalyst, following earlier investment from Sequoia Capital. This funding marks a major milestone for Lean and the financial ecosystem across the MENA region. At Lean, we're committed to driving the next generation of financial innovation by making financial data and payments more accessible and transparent for businesses and consumers alike.

To that end, we're always on the lookout for talented, driven, and entrepreneurial candidates to join us in our mission of enabling the next generation of financial innovation. If you're motivated by solving hard problems and leaving a lasting legacy while you're at it, Lean's where you need to be.

Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey!

Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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