DevOps Engineer

SOUM is hiring a DevOps Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in Egypt. Level rates it ; you can apply on SOUM.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions GitHub Actions, Kubernetes and Helm among its tools and skills.
SOUM has 22 other open roles on Level.
Posted within the past week.

AI in this role

DevOps Engineer needed to build and scale resilient cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS.

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About Us

Soum is on a mission to revolutionize e-commerce in the MENA region and beyond by building the most convenient and trustworthy re-commerce marketplace in the region. We're reshaping how C2C marketplaces operate, making buying and selling second-hand products seamless and reliable. Since our launch in July 2021, Soum has become one of the fastest-growing startups in the region, achieving rapid expansion in both our team and product offerings. In recognition of our impact and growth, we were proudly named one of the Top 10 LinkedIn Startups in Saudi Arabia for 2024.

Overview

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer interested in building performant, stable and resilient infrastructure. You will be responsible for architecting and building the infrastructure, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure.

Building a stable infrastructure is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Role & Responsibilities

Take responsibility for the scalability, stability and availability of our low-latency and mission-critical systems.
Enhance the CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions.
Generate and maintain Helm manifests for Kubernetes.
Maintain our Infrastructure as Code.
Set up and maintain monitoring via New Relic, Prometheus and Grafana.
Debug infrastructure and detect bottlenecks.
Take responsibility for the company-wide tech infrastructure across all environments.
Manage VPN, load balancers and firewalls.
Take responsibility for high availability and disaster recovery.
Implement secure and stable infrastructure.
Drive continuous improvement and cost optimization.
Take responsibility for 24x7 monitoring, resolving infrastructure-tier incidents and escalating to upper tiers where necessary.
Investigate incidents and produce clear incident report documentation.

Skills

Excellent understanding of GCP cloud and AWS cloud.
Knowledge of containerized environments with Kubernetes and Docker.
Ability to develop a well-managed infrastructure setup.
Strong hands-on experience building high availability infrastructure using EKS on AWS.
Strong understanding of IaC, specifically Terraform.
Strong understanding of GitOps, specifically ArgoCD.
Strong understanding of securing production infrastructure.

Qualifications

Minimum 2 years of experience in DevOps on production applications.
Minimum 1 year working with Terraform.
Minimum 1 year working with infrastructure monitoring tools.
Experience in designing and architecting high performing applications.
Experience in agile development practices.
Experience in a fast growing startup is a plus.
AWS certifications are a plus.

How we rate this

DevOps Engineer at SOUM rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

DevOps Engineer is an open job at SOUM.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Egypt and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 26, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by SOUM. Apply on SOUM

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

DevOpsCI/CDInfrastructure As CodeHigh AvailabilityDisaster RecoveryGitHub ActionsKubernetesHelm

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Tell me about a project where high availability was part of your work. What did you do?
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