Platform Engineer

About the role

The Platform Engineer will design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure platforms that support business‑critical applications for a leading financial services company in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on ensuring system reliability, high availability, and effective disaster‑recovery capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide recommendations for infrastructure and server hardware specifications during procurement.
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of servers, storage, and other infrastructure solutions.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation scripts and tools using approved IT automation platforms.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security, delivering actionable insights.
• Oversee hardware delivery, inventory control, and installation readiness.
• Provision and manage servers, storage, networking, and cloud environments.
• Execute OS installation, patching, and software configuration following best practices.
• Generate performance reports, conduct capacity planning, and recommend upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, implement access control, system hardening, and vulnerability management.
• Implement and maintain backup solutions and disaster‑recovery processes.

Required profile

Required skills

• PowerShell scripting
• Bash scripting
• Python programming

What we offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, Shariah‑compliant financial institution.
• Exposure to a wide range of infrastructure technologies and large‑scale platforms.
• Professional development and growth within the organization.