Lead Architect Container & Cloud Platforms

• Closing date: 08-Nov-2025

About the Role

An exciting opportunity to join the Qatar Airways IT - Technology Services team as Lead Architect Container & Cloud Platforms. This role is expected to oversee container platform management across hybrid cloud environments. In this strategic role, you will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and governing the enterprise-wide containerization strategy. You will provide technical leadership in the adoption of modern container orchestration technologies, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with the organization’s digital transformation goals.

Your duties would include:

• Ensure all platform initiatives are aligned with the organization’s overall IT strategy and contribute to the successful delivery of the IT roadmap.

• Engages in strategic planning with business and IT stakeholders to provide direction, technology roadmaps, platform design and architecture.

• Architect and implement core cloud platform services with a focus on automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code to accelerate application deployment and reduce manual effort.

• Make sure platform engineering work supports the company’s overall cloud and digital transformation goals, helping deliver faster results and improving flexibility.

• Build security and compliance with the design of containers and cloud platforms to meet company policies and regulatory requirements.

• Establish and enforce standards, best practices, and governance frameworks for containerization and cloud platforms.

• Provide technical leadership across middleware, container, and cloud environments by collaborating with vendors, internal teams, and external partners.

• Lead the adoption of modern container orchestration technologies to drive innovation and enhance platform capabilities.

• Ensure platform reliability, performance, and consistency through proactive monitoring, optimization, and incident management.

• Maintain business-as-usual (BAU) continuity for middleware, container, and core cloud platforms, supporting Tier 0/1/2 environments in line with defined SLAs.

• Manage resources effectively to ensure support coverage aligns with company working hours and operational policies.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture designs and SOPs for cybersecurity threat response and server failure recovery.

• Collaborate with the incident management team to ensure compliance with established protocols and procedures.

• Stay current with evolving cloud technologies and business needs to support strategic decision-making.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

Together, everything is possible.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional to join our IT - Technology Services team. The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 12 years of job-related experience

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including architecture, services, and security models.

• Proven experience in designing and managing hybrid cloud environments integrating on-premises and public cloud platforms.

• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) for container orchestration and platform management.

• Deep understanding of Red Hat OpenShift architecture, deployment models, and operational practices.

• Proficiency in containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.

• Experience with Azure API Management (APIM) and Google Apigee for secure and scalable API gateway solutions.

• Knowledge and practical implementation of APIOps for automated API lifecycle management.

• Strong background in DevOps tools including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.

• Experience implementing GitOps workflows using tools like Flux or Argo CD for declarative infrastructure and application delivery.

• Skilled in building and managing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and automated deployment strategies.

• Solid understanding of cloud-native security practices, including identity and access management, network security, and container security.

• Ability to integrate compliance and governance controls into platform designs to meet organizational and regulatory standards.

• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and Google Cloud Operations Suite.

• Strong Knowledge of SRE principles and experience in platform reliability engineering and incident response.

About Qatar Airways Group:

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.