Platform Automation Engineer

About EDGE Group

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.
Together, we are shaping the future.

About The Opportunity

We're building a next-generation hybrid multicloud platform spanning Nutanix and Microsoft Azure, including a major transformation and migration from VMware. This is not a traditional infrastructure engineering role. We are looking for someone who is passionate about automation, platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code, and eliminating manual operational processes.

You will be responsible for designing and implementing an automated platform where infrastructure, policies, governance, security controls, monitoring, backup, and operational processes are managed as code. Our goal is to minimise manual intervention, reduce operational overhead, and deliver self-service capabilities to internal consumers through APIs, automation workflows, and platform services.

We want to hear from candidates who have successfully delivered automation at scale, not simply scripted individual tasks. Examples might include building entire environments using Ansible/Terraform, implementing GitOps operating models, creating automated provisioning and lifecycle management platforms, developing event-driven automations, automating compliance and governance controls, orchestrating large-scale cloud or virtualisation migrations, or eliminating significant volumes of operational tickets through automation.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible/Terraform essential)
• Experience automating Azure and/or Nutanix environments
• Strong PowerShell and/or Python development skills
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and automated testing
• Experience designing self-service platforms and API-driven provisioning
• Experience implementing event-driven automation across multiple infrastructure domains
• Ability to demonstrate measurable business outcomes from automation initiatives

For this role, you must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience managing large-scale infrastructure environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Proven ability to build automations that replace manual operational processes
• Hands-on experience with event-driven automation and platform engineering practices
• Strong approach to preventing configuration drift and enforcing technical standards
• Delivery of large-scale migration or transformation programmes through automation
• A track record of achieving measurable improvements in efficiency, reliability, or operational cost

If your idea of success is reducing tickets, removing manual processes, and building platforms that engineers consume rather than operate, we'd like to hear from you.

Why Choose EDGE?

Working at EDGE comes with a package that genuinely reflects how much we value our people. Salaries are highly competitive and tax-free and, depending on your role and seniority, benefits can include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependants, and education allowances for your children.

But the real investment goes further than compensation. Through our own learning academy and digital learning platform, there are extensive opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. Add to that the freedom to innovate, strong career guidance, and the chance to work alongside world-class talent from across the globe, and EDGE becomes a place where you can keep growing, keep learning, and keep turning bold ideas into something real.

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EDGE is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing workforce. We believe every individual deserves to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity, and our employment decisions reflect that. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you feel your skills, experience and potential are a strong match for a role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement. We are genuinely interested in what you can bring to EDGE.

As a global organisation, effective collaboration across international teams is central to how we work, so English proficiency is required for all roles unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

Please note that EDGE does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Any resumes in the absence of a formally executed agreement in place will be deemed the property of EDGE, and no placement fees or compensation will be payable in respect of such submissions.

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