Senior DevOps Engineer

Company Background

zenda is an education focussed fintech company. As a fintech partner to the school/educational institution, we aim to rebuild financial services customized to the unique needs of the sector, eventually simplifying payments for Schools / Institutions & parents alike.

Our proposition for schools is to help them to bring all their school payments in one place, by enhancing collections, follow-ups & reconciliations via automations. We help schools to go fully digital for payments along with offering flexibility to parents to pay in parts or through custom plans, while school gets its money on-time. We aim to empower -> anywhere, anytime payments.

Within 24 months of launch we are now the largest player in the UAE with close to 20% market share in the K-12 segment. We are very grateful for the trust that parents and schools have shown, & for helping to scale zenda.

zenda is backed by leading investors in the region and outside, including STV, GFC, COTU and Venturesouq.

We are expanding our teams aggressively across all functions in the UAE and are looking for talent that has the entrepreneurial mindset and the passion to create disruptive solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure and tools for CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and security.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and scaling processes to improve efficiency and availability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and software issues, and drive effective resolutions.
• Monitor system health and performance; proactively identify and fix issues before they impact users.
• Manage DevSecOps, vulnerability management, and patching.
• Document infrastructure, processes, and tooling for smooth knowledge sharing.
• Stay ahead of the curve by keeping up with the latest DevOps tools and practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor&aposs degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps experience (with strong Linux expertise).
• Deep expertise with Docker and Kubernetes (5+ years).
• Proven experience in CI/CD pipeline design and management (5+ years).
• Proficiency in Git and version control best practices (5+ years).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or PowerShell).
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP also valued).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (DataDog, New Relic, etc. ).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Bonus: Experience with MySQL performance tuning, query optimization, and database administration.