DevOps Engineer – 6‑Month Contract (Riyadh)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a leading consulting firm on a 6‑month extendable contract supporting a major government ministry in Riyadh. The role requires immediate availability and will be performed on‑site in a high‑security, air‑gapped environment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, continuous deployments.
• Operate within air‑gapped Ministry of Defense environments.
• Automate configuration and container hardening using Ansible and Bash/Python scripts.
• Manage builds, deployments, and YAML manifests across OpenShift clusters.
• Perform environment validations and handle secrets management via HashiCorp Vault.
• Troubleshoot enterprise‑scale pipeline issues and ensure reliability.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer in high‑security or air‑gapped settings.
• Immediate joiner availability.
• Transferable Iqama (work permit) for Saudi Arabia.

Required skills

• GitLab CI/CD
• OpenShift (CLI & platform)
• Helm
• Docker / Podman
• Ansible
• Bash scripting
• Python scripting
• HashiCorp Vault for secrets management