Platform and security engineer
Posted October 17, 2026
About the role
You run the Quincus platform in UAE-hosted environments for government and enterprise clients, and you own its security controls from first deployment through production.
Fixed pay is basic, housing and transport, plus medical insurance.
What you will do
- Build and run the environments for pilot and production: infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, networking, identity.
- Own access control, secrets, logging, vulnerability management and incident response.
- Prepare the evidence for client security reviews.
- Keep deployment and recovery procedures written and tested.
What you bring
- Platform, DevOps or site reliability work at a senior level, including responsibility for security.
- Kubernetes, Terraform, a major cloud provider, and hosting inside a set country or on client premises.
- Identity and access management (Microsoft Entra ID or similar), monitoring and alerting.
- Security requirements of UAE government clients are a strong plus.
How we hire
A 30 minute screen call, a role exercise of 60 to 90 minutes, and a panel of 2 or 3 conversations. You hear the outcome within 10 business days of your last interview.
We use AI (Claude, by Anthropic) to prepare a summary of each application against the role's requirements. A person reads every application and makes every decision. You can ask for your application to be reviewed without the summary.
Quincus hires on skills and experience, without regard to race, nationality, sex, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy or disability.
Employed by Quincus in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Quincus arranges and pays for the UAE work permit and residence visa.
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