Established in 2008, Geidea epitomises customer focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation.Geidea makes best in class digital payment solutions available for all by attracting and leveraging the best creative & entrepreneurial talent in the market.Our solutions give any business the chance to get ahead and reach for more no matter their size or maturity.Our technology mirrors our people - Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinkingwww.geidea.netTo maintain competitive advantage as we grow, we are currently looking for new Senior DevOps EngineerJob Purpose And Key AccountabilitiesPurpose:The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, building, automating, and operating highly available, secure, and scalable cloud and on-premises infrastructure while driving the full software delivery lifecycle. This role owns the implementation and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, system reliability, performance optimization, security controls, and operational excellence across all environments from development through production.Key Accountabilities:Key accountabilities and decision ownership: (max of 7 accountabilities not main or daily duties or tasks) Kubernetes Orchestration and Management: Own the architecture, governance, and operational excellence of enterprise Kubernetes platforms, ensuring the reliable deployment, scalability, performance, security, and high availability of containerized workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments including AWS, Nutanix on-premises. CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Own the strategy, design, security, and continuous optimization of enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast, reliable, and compliant software delivery across all environments. Drive automation, quality gates, security scanning, and release governance to enable high-velocity development while maintaining stability, traceability, and regulatory compliance. Containerization Strategy: Spearhead the containerization of applications using Docker, crafting and managing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments, and ensuring a standardized, secure, and scalable container ecosystem.Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Utilize tools like Elastic and New Relic to monitor application performance at the APM level, swiftly identifying and resolving issues to maintain application reliability and performance.Infrastructure Management & Provisioning: Oversee the integration and operation of both cloud-based (AWS) and on-prem (Nutanix) infrastructures, ensuring consistency, security, and high availability across all environments. Use Terraform and Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.API Gateway Management: Provide expertise in the deployment and management of API gateways, such as Kong, to ensure secure, scalable, and efficient API traffic management.Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure that DevOps practices are integrated into the software development lifecycle, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership.Person Specification8-10+ years of experience as a DevOps and cloud Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering\Science, or equivalentHands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services, including but not limited to Amazon EKS, EC2, Application Load Balancers (ALB/NLB), Auto Scaling, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, and Route 53, with proven ability to design, deploy, secure, and operate highly available and scalable cloud-native platforms.Hands-on experience in continuous delivery and continuous integration of CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, Repos, branching, code review and code analysis toolsHands-on expertise in diverse DevSecOps concepts / tools, especially on Azure DevOps, Pipelines, GitHub, GitHub actionsHands on experience on Kubernetes and containerization technologies like Docker and Azure Container RegistrySolid knowledge on Bash/PowerShell scriptingSolid foundation of networking (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, Certificates, Service Mesh), Linux administration and Web Servers (NGINX, Apache, IIS).Payment \ Fintech experience is a plusOur values guide how we think and act - They describe what we care about the mostCustomer first - It’s embedded in our design thinking and customer service approachOpen - Openness allows us to constantly improve and evolveReal - No jargon and no excuses!Bold - Constantly challenging ourselves and our way of thinkingResilient – If we fail, we bounce back stronger than beforeCollaborative - We know that we can achieve a lot more as a teamWe are changing lives by constantly striving for a better solutionClick apply below and become part of the Geidea story
We are on a mission to help merchants start, run and grow their businesses.
What you should know
Dominant Market Share: Captured 50% of Saudi Arabia's point-of-sale market within just two years of launching its first certified terminal
Massive Payment Network: Operates a network of approximately 700,000 payment terminals and ATMs across the region
2 First Licenses: Became the first fintech in Saudi Arabia to obtain a payment institution license and a non-bank merchant acquiring license
How they work
Infrastructure means reliability first — Payment systems can't be interesting at the cost of being unreliable — engineering and product decisions are made with uptime and trust as the primary constraints
Merchant churn is the failure metric — Acquiring a merchant matters less than keeping them — the business model only works when merchants see real value and stay