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cloud solution architecture security

GSSTech Group

<div>We are looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect with strong expertise in Solution Architecture and Security Architecture to support Digital Products and Wealth Management initiatives within a leading banking environment.
The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise across modern enterprise architectures, banking and wealth management domains, cyber security controls, and cloud-native technologies. The role requires a highly solution-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities and experience designing resilient, secure, scalable, and high-performing enterprise applications.
The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver end-to-end architectural solutions aligned with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. 
Requirements 
 
Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Design and architect end-to-end enterprise solutions across Digital Products and Wealth Management platforms.</li><li>
Define and maintain architecture standards, principles, reference architectures, and reusable solution blueprints.</li><li>
Deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cloud-native architecture designs aligned with business and technology strategies.</li><li>
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including delivery, engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.</li><li>
Participate in architecture governance, peer reviews, and technical design workshops.</li><li>
Drive architectural decisions across applications, APIs, event-driven systems, and microservices ecosystems.</li><li>
Ensure all architecture designs incorporate performance, reliability, customer experience, resiliency, and security considerations.</li><li>
Mentor and coach junior architects and engineering teams where required.</li><li>
Contribute to architecture capability building initiatives, technical workshops, and best practice frameworks.</li><li>
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and architecture patterns to improve enterprise delivery capabilities.</li></ul>
Domain Experience (Mandatory)
Strong experience in one or more of the following domains:<ul><li>
Banking</li><li>
Wealth Management</li><li>
Asset Management</li><li>
Lending</li><li>
Financial Services</li></ul>
Preferred:<ul><li>
Corporate Banking domain experience.</li></ul>
Candidates should demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new banking domains and business capabilities.
Technical Skills &amp; ExperienceArchitecture &amp; Solution Design<ul><li>
8+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale solutions and architectures.</li><li>
Strong experience building High-Level Designs (HLDs) and end-to-end solution architectures.</li><li>
Expertise designing:</li><li><ul><li>
Backend applications</li><li>
Frontend applications</li><li>
Mobile applications</li><li>
APIs</li><li>
Microservices architectures</li><li>
Event-driven architectures</li><li>
Message brokers</li><li>
Container-based applications</li><li>
Cloud-native applications</li></ul></li><li>
Experience designing highly available, resilient, and scalable enterprise systems.</li></ul>
Microservices &amp; Cloud Technologies
Strong experience with:<ul><li>
API-based ecosystems</li><li>
Microservices architecture</li><li>
Event streams and messaging systems</li><li>
Container-based infrastructure</li><li>
Cloud-native architectures</li><li>
Modern architectural design patterns and principles</li></ul>
Ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and justify design decisions based on business and technical requirements.
Security Architecture (Mandatory)
Strong understanding of:<ul><li>
Security Architecture principles</li><li>
Data Classification frameworks</li><li>
Regulatory compliance requirements</li><li>
Threat Modelling methodologies</li><li>
Security requirements engineering</li></ul>
Experience implementing cyber and information security controls including:<ul><li>
Authentication</li><li>
Authorization</li><li>
Encryption standards and key management</li><li>
Data security controls</li><li>
Security event logging</li><li>
Monitoring and alerting mechanisms</li></ul>
Regulatory &amp; Compliance Knowledge
Exposure to:<ul><li>
PCI-DSS</li><li>
UAE Central Bank regulations</li><li>
GDPR</li><li>
Banking regulatory and compliance requirements</li></ul>
Cyber Security
Working knowledge of:<ul><li>
Cyber security controls</li><li>
Secure application design principles</li><li>
Defensive security practices</li><li>
Security architecture frameworks</li><li>
System attack and defence methodologies</li></ul>
Artificial Intelligence (Preferred)
Exposure to modern AI technologies including:<ul><li>
Machine Learning</li><li>
Generative AI</li><li>
Large Language Models (LLMs)</li><li>
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)</li><li>
Embedding Models</li><li>
Vector Databases</li><li>
Model Context Protocol (MCP)</li><li>
AI Agents</li><li>
Agentic AI</li><li>
GitHub Copilot</li><li>
Claude Code</li><li>
AI-assisted software engineering tools</li></ul>
Agile Delivery Experience
Strong experience working in Agile environments including:<ul><li>
Agile Tribes and Squads model</li><li>
Sprint Planning</li><li>
Quarterly Planning</li><li>
Sprint Refinement</li><li>
Sprint Retrospectives</li><li>
Agile ceremonies and delivery frameworks</li></ul>
Experience delivering:<ul><li>
Features</li><li>
Epics</li><li>
User Stories</li><li>
Acceptance Criteria</li></ul>
Required Competencies<ul><li>
Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities.</li><li>
Excellent stakeholder and expectation management skills.</li><li>
Strong communication and presentation skills.</li><li>
Ability to make autonomous technical decisions.</li><li>
Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities.</li><li>
Delivery-focused mindset with attention to quality, performance, resiliency, and security.</li><li>
Strong learning agility and passion for emerging technologies.</li><li>
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced Agile delivery environments.</li></ul>
Nice to Have<ul><li>
Corporate Banking experience.</li><li>
Experience delivering architecture education workshops.</li><li>
Experience conducting architecture peer review sessions.</li><li>
Exposure to modern AI-enabled software engineering practices.</li><li>
Experience defining reusable enterprise architecture blueprints and reference architectures.</li></ul>
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate will have a strong combination of Solution Architecture, Security Architecture, Banking domain expertise, and modern cloud-native engineering experience. You will be passionate about building secure and resilient enterprise platforms while driving architectural excellence across digital banking and wealth management initiatives.</div>

Senior Solution & Security Architect - Banking

Mackenzie Jones Middle East

<div>
 
 We are working with a global systems integrator helping organizations transform through modernization of applications, data, platforms, and operating models. They partner with major global enterprises to architect and deliver forward-looking digital solutions across cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments, enabling innovation at scale.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Lead strategic consulting conversations, identifying transformation opportunities across application portfolios, data platforms, and AI/automation strategy.
 </li>
 <li>
 Lead strategic pre-sales engagements, guiding clients through enterprise application, data, and AI transformation. Design complex cloud-native architectures, influence senior stakeholders, and collaborate with client executives, delivery teams, and partners to shape and secure large-scale transformation programmes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Translate business and technology requirements into end-to-end solution architectures, including reference models, migration patterns, and capability roadmaps.
 </li>
 <li>
 Architect application modernization solutions including re-platforming, containerization, microservices, API enablement, and event-driven patterns.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design data and AI architectures including data lakes, MLOps frameworks, and analytics platforms leveraging Azure-native services.
 </li>
 <li>
 Integrate SaaS and enterprise systems (e.g., Oracle, CRM, ERP platforms), ensuring interoperability, governance, and security alignment.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop solution proposals, RFP responses, estimates, and Statements of Work in collaboration with pursuit and delivery teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Lead executive and technical workshops to shape strategic outcomes and drive solution direction.
 </li>
 <li>
 Apply enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) to ensure scalable, governed, and value-aligned solution design.
 </li>
 <li>
 Act as a trusted advisor from early engagement through deal closure, ensuring feasibility, clarity, and delivery confidence.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 Experience
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Extensive across solution architecture, application modernization, or cloud transformation roles, ideally within global system integrators or large enterprise consulting environments.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proven delivery background before moving into pre-sales, able to demonstrate real-world implementation understanding.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong experience designing application modernization and integration architectures, including APIs, containers, Kubernetes, and event-driven patterns.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Azure application and data services, including PaaS, serverless, databases, analytics, and AI toolchains.
 </li>
 <li>
 Track record in complex SaaS/enterprise system integration, particularly Oracle, CRM/ERP, and industry platforms.
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrated success in shaping and winning large-scale transformation programs.
 </li>
 <li>
 Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, comfortable engaging both C-level stakeholders and senior technical audiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Enterprise architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF) strongly preferred.
 </li>
 <li>
 Azure Solution Architect Expert or equivalent cloud certification advantageous.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
</div>

Solutions Architect – Application, Data & AI

DICETEK LLC

<div>Description:
This includes anything between complex groups of back-end services and their client-end (desktop and mobile) counterparts. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product quality is essential.
Responsibilities<ul><li>
Senior professional with 10-12 years of experience.</li><li>
Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.</li><li>
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code.</li><li>
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.</li><li>
Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems.</li><li>
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.</li><li>
Managing team and successfully delivering the project.</li></ul>
Skills<ul><li>
Working experience in an agile software development environment with a good understanding of the principles of agile architecture. Strong collaborative mindset for collective decentralized decision making.</li><li>
Demonstrate strong technical skills with a deep understanding of modern architectural styles and practices such as Microservices, Containers, AWS Cloud APIs, Continuous Delivery, Event-driven architecture, Evolutionary architecture, etc., with a passion for hands on coding.</li><li>
Strong foundation knowledge of software architecture concepts, patterns, principles, and quality attributes. Ability to consistently apply them in real-world scenarios with a pragmatic, system thinking, and problem-solving mindset by analyzing architecture trade-offs for delivering high-quality, sustainable solution architecture.</li><li>
Proven leadership skills with a proactive, positive, and growth mindset. Ability to foster and motivate programmers for delivering with craftsmanship. Good personal skills to continuously engage and communicate with an egoless empathetic mindset.</li><li>
Experience and expertise in delivering architectures for large software solutions meeting critical business purposes. Ability to proactively discover technical debts and continuous improvement opportunities of existing live systems. Work closely with the product owner and enterprise architects to influence and prioritize technical backlog items.</li><li>
Proficient in Java &amp; Java EE, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems and skill to write reusable components/Java libraries.</li><li>
Deep familiarity with AWS Cloud.</li><li>
Work experience in Spring boot 2.x , Spring cloud, Angular &gt; 6 /React JS and knowledge on Node JS.</li><li>
Familiarity with concepts of OOPS, MVC, JDBC, and RESTful and Experience with WSDL, XML, XSD, JSON and Swagger Open API specification.</li><li>
Experience in NoSQL (Mongo preferable) and RDBMS DB (Oracle, PostgreSQL). Should be able to write complex SQL queries / procedure and functions.</li><li>
Design &amp; Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.</li><li>
Work experience in Spring framework (Spring core / Spring Batch / AOP / Spring Data / Spring JDBC / Spring Boot), Hibernate ORM. And Working experience in Spring Security and OAuth2 implementation.</li><li>
Experience with messaging technology like JMS, Active MQ, IBM MQ and Experience with Apache Kafka.</li><li>
Good to have experience in Docker container-based architecture &ndash; Kubernetes, docker, CI/CD like Jenkins and Gitlab CI/CD.</li><li>
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests</li><li>
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as RTC, GIT.</li><li>
Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle.</li><li>
Preferred to have AWS Cloud Certificates like &ldquo;Solutions Architect Professional&rdquo; etc.</li><li>
Mandatory to have any one of the Associate level or higher AWS Cloud Certification</li></ul></div>

Senior Java Solution Architect

Innovative Solutions

<div>Our Company
Innovative Solutions (IS) is a leading Cybersecurity company established in 2003, with its headquarters in Riyadh and additional offices in Al Khobar, Jeddah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. We specialize in delivering Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions and Services encompassing Advisory Services, Technical Assurance, Solution Deployment, Professional Services, and Managed Security Services.
Our mission is &quot;Delivering secure and intelligent digital services that empower organizations&quot;
Role Description
We are seeking dynamic, high-caliber Account Managers to accelerate our commercial growth in the UAE. Positioned in our Dubai headquarters, you will lead high-impact revenue generation, acquire top tier enterprise clients, and serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives navigating complex security transformations.
This role demands a sophisticated, value-driven sales strategist with a proven track record in complex tech solution selling, a strong regional network, and an aggressive focus on market penetration and margin health. 
 
 
Requirements<ul><li> 
Net-New Market Penetration: Spearhead strategic prospecting and business development to acquire high value enterprise logos across targeted verticals in the UAE.</li><li>Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Build and sustain multi-threaded relationships with Key Decision Makers-specifically C-Suite executives (CIOs, CISOs), IT Directors, and Procurement leadership.
</li><li>End-to-End Deal Execution: Direct the entire sales lifecycle, from qualification and discovery through strategy, solution alignment, commercial negotiation, and closing.
</li><li>Account Planning &amp; Territory Strategy: Formulate and execute tailored 30-60-90 day account plans to expand footprint, elevate retention, and capture cross-sell/up-sell revenue within key accounts.</li><li> Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrate internal domain experts (Pre-Sales Architecture, Delivery, and Strategic Vendor Partners) to deliver complex, multi-technology solution proposals.
</li><li>Commercial Precision &amp; Forecasting: Manage proposal development, value-based pricing, and commercial terms. Deliver accurate revenue forecasting and pipeline management via CRM.
</li><li> P&amp;L and Margin Integrity: Consistently hit or exceed revenue targets while maintaining healthy gross margins through value-led negotiation rather than price discounting.
</li><li>Market Leadership: Monitor regional cyber threat landscapes, regulatory mandates, and market shifts to position solutions effectively against competitors.
</li></ul>Candidate Profile &amp; Qualifications
<ul><li>UAE Market Experience: +3 to 5 years of specialized experience selling Enterprise Cybersecurity (SOC, IAM, Cloud Security, Endpoint, Managed Security Services) within the UAE region.
</li><li>Demonstrated Performance: Proven history of consistently exceeding sales quotas, managing pipeline velocity, and closing enterprise-scale transactions.
</li><li>Established CXO Network: Immediate accessibility to an active network of Enterprise IT and Security leadership across the UAE.
</li></ul>Communication &amp; Presence: Exceptional executive-level communication, negotiation, and storytelling skills; ability to simplify complex technical topics into clear business outcomes.
<ul><li>Operational Discipline: A high level of CRM hygiene, structural account planning, and self-directed drive to build and manage pipelines.</li></ul></div>

Account Manager - UAE Region

Horizontal

<div>Salesforce Business Architect 
At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You&rsquo;re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone. 
We use these values to fuel superior results: 
Lock arms 
We forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good. 
Show hustle 
We&rsquo;re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional. 
Embrace change 
From new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what&rsquo;s next. 
Elevate empathy 
We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability. 
Never settle 
We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas. 
 
But enough about us. Let&rsquo;s talk about you. 
 
As a Salesforce Business Architect, you will operate at the intersection of business consulting, process architecture, and Salesforce solution design. You will lead clients from abstract business vision to structured, implementable requirements, ensuring alignment between business objectives and Salesforce capabilities. 
You will play a critical role in shaping enterprise-wide process transformations, defining business architectures, and enabling scalable Salesforce programs across multiple clouds. 
This role requires client-facing consulting professional who combines deep industry understanding, strong process modelling skills (BPMN), and hands-on Salesforce functional expertise to drive measurable business outcomes. 
What you&rsquo;ll do:
 Business Architecture &amp; Requirements Engineering<ul><li>
Lead structured discovery and stakeholder workshops to define business objectives, pain points, and transformation opportunities.
</li><li>Translate business intent into capability models, BPMN process architectures, epics, and user stories.
</li><li>Define future-state operating models and end-to-end process designs aligned to Salesforce best practices.
</li><li>Own requirements lifecycle management from ideation to backlog refinement, prioritization, and acceptance criteria.
</li><li>Ensure end-to-end traceability from business outcomes to solution design and delivery.</li></ul> 
Salesforce Functional Solutioning<ul><li>
Advise on optimal use of Salesforce OOTB capabilities vs. customization, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.
</li><li>Partner with Technical Architects and delivery teams to translate requirements into robust, multi-cloud solutions.
</li><li>Drive functional solution design across core Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service, Experience, Data/Revenue/Commerce as applicable).
</li><li>Enforce platform best practices, design guardrails, and industry standards.
</li><li>Oversee functional validation, UAT strategy, and business acceptance to ensure alignment with intended outcomes.</li></ul> 
Strategic Consulting &amp; Roadmap Delivery
<ul><li>Develop capability roadmaps, transformation blueprints, and prioritization frameworks aligned to client strategy.
</li><li>Advise on CRM maturity, process optimization, and customer experience transformation.
</li><li>Define business cases and value realization frameworks with clear linkage to KPIs and outcomes.
</li><li>Support target operating model (TOM) definition and governance structures for scalable adoption.</li></ul> 
Account Growth &amp; Pre-Sales Support<ul><li>
Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, driving value-led conversations and continuous improvement.
</li><li>Support pre-sales, solution shaping, and proposal development with strong functional context.
</li><li>Contribute to solution narratives and executive storytelling aligned to business outcomes.
</li><li>Identify expansion opportunities, cross-cloud use cases, and process-led transformation initiatives.</li></ul> 
Team &amp; Practice Enablement<ul><li>
Mentor Business Analysts and Functional Consultants on business architecture, process modelling, and stakeholder engagement.
</li><li>Contribute to practice assets, accelerators, and delivery frameworks.
</li><li>Drive adoption of structured methodologies (BPMN, capability modelling, backlog governance).
</li><li>Support internal enablement on industry trends, Salesforce innovations, and functional patterns.</li></ul> 
Who you are:<ul><li>
A consulting-led Business Architect with strong domain understanding and executive presence.
</li><li>Comfortable engaging C-level stakeholders, translating strategy into executable solutions.
</li><li>Able to operate across strategy, functional design, and delivery governance.
</li><li>Structured, outcome-oriented, and skilled at simplifying complex business problems.
</li><li>Proactive and entrepreneurial, with a focus on long-term client value and growth.</li></ul> 
What you bring: 
<ul><li>
8+ years of experience as a Business Architect, Functional Lead, or Senior Consultant in Salesforce or digital transformation programs.</li><li>
Strong client-facing experience, leading workshops, stakeholder alignment, and requirements definition.</li><li>
Expertise in business process modelling (BPMN) and requirements engineering.</li><li>
Solid understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities and design trade-offs (configuration vs. customization).</li><li>
Experience across core Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service, Experience; exposure to Commerce/Revenue/Data Cloud is a plus).</li><li>
Proven delivery of functional artifacts (process maps, capability models, user stories, solution blueprints).</li><li>
Candidates with one or more of Salesforce consultant certificates (Sales, Service, Experience, Commerce, Revenue etc) are preferred.</li></ul> 
 Our UAE Benefits include: 
<ul><li>
22 working days holiday</li><li>
Comprehensive medical insurance plan for employee and spouse and children</li><li>
Visa for employee and spouse and children
</li><li>Flexible office times and working from home twice per week</li><li>
Remote working from a place of your choice for 2 weeks a year</li><li>
Free snacks and drinks in the office</li></ul> 
Application Tips 
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If you're unsure how to make your CV ATS-friendly, this guide provides helpful practical tips: 
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The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.</div>

Salesforce Business Architect

Qode

<div>Job Description &ndash; Lead Infrastructure &amp; Cloud Engineer
Position Title: Lead Infrastructure &amp; Cloud Engineer
Experience Level: 5&ndash;8 Years
Location: Dubai
Department: Information Technology (IT)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Infrastructure &amp; Cloud Engineer to manage, support, secure, and optimize the organization&rsquo;s on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will possess strong L2 and L3 support expertise across Microsoft technologies, Windows Server, Microsoft 365, identity management, virtualization, storage, backup solutions, and cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
The role is responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, security, scalability, and reliability of the organization&rsquo;s IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The successful candidate will also support business-critical systems and lead infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Administration
Manage and maintain enterprise IT infrastructure environments.
Administer Windows Server environments and related services.
Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and system health.
Manage operating system upgrades, security patching, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
Ensure adherence to IT governance, security, compliance, and operational standards.
Provide advanced L2 and L3 support for infrastructure-related incidents and service requests.
Plan and implement infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
Coordinate with application, cybersecurity, database, and network teams to maintain service availability.
Active Directory and Identity Management
Administer Active Directory, Organizational Units, DNS, DHCP, DFS, and Group Policies.
Manage Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Connect.
Implement and support Identity and Access Management controls.
Support Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication.
Manage user provisioning, access permissions, privileged accounts, and identity security policies.
Implement Conditional Access policies and identity protection controls.
Monitor directory synchronization and resolve authentication-related issues.
Conduct periodic reviews of user access, administrative privileges, and inactive accounts.
Microsoft 365 Administration
Administer and support:
Exchange Online
Microsoft Teams
SharePoint Online
OneDrive for Business
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Purview (preferred)
Additional responsibilities include:
Manage Microsoft 365 licensing and group-based licence allocation.
Troubleshoot mail flow, collaboration, synchronization, access, and security-related issues.
Support Microsoft 365 security, compliance, retention, and governance initiatives.
Manage Exchange Online policies, mailboxes, distribution groups, and shared mailboxes.
Configure and maintain Microsoft Teams and SharePoint administrative policies.
Support data-loss prevention, information protection, and eDiscovery requirements.
Monitor Microsoft 365 service health and coordinate resolution of service-impacting incidents.
Cloud Infrastructure Administration
Microsoft Azure
Administer Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Virtual Networks, and related resources.
Configure Network Security Groups, VPN Gateways, private endpoints, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
Manage Azure subscriptions, resource groups, role-based access controls, and governance policies.
Administer Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
Support Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, and infrastructure monitoring.
Implement Azure security controls, policies, and recommended cloud governance practices.
Optimize Azure resource utilization, licensing, and operational costs.
Support Azure landing zones and standardized cloud architecture.
Participate in cloud migration, modernization, and workload transformation projects.
Implement high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions for Azure workloads.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Administer OCI Compute, Storage, Networking, Database connectivity, and Security services.
Manage Virtual Cloud Networks, subnets, route tables, security lists, and load balancers.
Configure and manage OCI Identity and Access Management.
Administer OCI compartments, policies, user groups, and access controls.
Support OCI Backup, Monitoring, Logging, and Disaster Recovery solutions.
Manage hybrid connectivity between OCI and on-premises environments.
Monitor OCI resource performance, availability, security, and cost.
Participate in OCI migration, modernization, and infrastructure deployment projects.
Implement high-availability and business-continuity solutions for OCI workloads.
Virtualization and Datacenter Management
Manage VMware vSphere and ESXi environments.
Administer Microsoft Hyper-V environments.
Provision, configure, and maintain virtual machines.
Manage virtual infrastructure capacity, availability, and performance.
Support high-availability, replication, and disaster-recovery configurations.
Manage host upgrades, firmware updates, and virtual infrastructure patching.
Perform datacenter capacity planning and resource optimization.
Support physical servers, racks, power, cooling, and datacenter-related infrastructure.
Coordinate with vendors for hardware maintenance and warranty support.
Storage and Backup Administration
Administer enterprise storage solutions, including:
NetApp
QNAP
HPE MSA
SAN and NAS platforms
Manage backup and recovery platforms, including:
Veeam Backup &amp; Replication
Azure Backup
Microsoft 365 backup solutions
OCI Backup and Recovery
Additional responsibilities include:
Monitor backup jobs and resolve failures.
Perform regular backup validation and restoration testing.
Conduct disaster-recovery exercises.
Define and maintain retention, replication, and recovery policies.
Maintain recovery documentation, runbooks, and operating procedures.
Ensure recovery objectives align with business requirements.
Monitor storage capacity, utilization, and performance.
Endpoint Management
Manage Microsoft Intune and modern device-management solutions.
Configure and deploy security baselines, compliance policies, and endpoint controls.
Manage Windows Autopilot and automated device provisioning.
Administer Windows device lifecycle and patch-management activities.
Manage application deployment and endpoint configuration policies.
Support desktop and laptop infrastructure.
Monitor device compliance and remediate non-compliant endpoints.
Support mobile device management and mobile application management requirements.
Infrastructure and Cloud Security
Implement infrastructure and cloud security controls.
Apply cybersecurity best practices and system-hardening standards.
Manage privileged access, administrative accounts, and role-based access controls.
Investigate and resolve infrastructure and cloud security incidents.
Manage system vulnerabilities, patch compliance, and configuration risks.
Support compliance assessments, security audits, and governance initiatives.
Work closely with cybersecurity teams to implement security recommendations.
Maintain secure configuration standards for servers, cloud platforms, storage, backup, and virtualization environments.
Support Microsoft Defender for Cloud and other relevant cloud security solutions.
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Monitor infrastructure and cloud environments using:
SolarWinds
Azure Monitor
Log Analytics
OCI Monitoring
VMware monitoring tools
Microsoft 365 administrative and security portals
Additional responsibilities include:
Perform root-cause analysis for major incidents.
Resolve escalated L2 and L3 infrastructure and cloud issues.
Monitor system health, service availability, resource utilization, and performance.
Maintain incident, problem, and change-management records.
Develop preventive measures based on recurring incidents and performance trends.
Coordinate with vendors, service providers, and internal technical teams for complex issue resolution.
Participate in critical incident and service-restoration activities.
Automation and Infrastructure as Code
Develop PowerShell scripts to automate routine administrative activities.
Automate user provisioning, system reporting, health checks, and maintenance tasks.
Support infrastructure deployment through automation tools and standardized templates.
Implement Infrastructure as Code practices where applicable.
Maintain scripts, automation documentation, and version controls.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation and orchestration.
Projects, Documentation and Compliance
Lead infrastructure and cloud deployment projects.
Lead server, virtualization, storage, backup, and cloud migration initiatives.
Support new office and datacenter infrastructure deployments.
Maintain infrastructure and cloud architecture diagrams.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, and support runbooks.
Participate in business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning.
Support internal and external audits.
Evaluate and recommend new infrastructure and cloud technologies.
Manage project deliverables, technical risks, timelines, and vendor coordination.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to infrastructure support team members.
Ensure all infrastructure changes follow the organization&rsquo;s change-management processes.
Required Technical Skills
Microsoft Technologies
Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022
Active Directory
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra Connect
DNS
DHCP
DFS
Group Policy
PowerShell
Windows Failover Clustering
Certificate Services
Microsoft 365
Exchange Online
SharePoint Online
OneDrive for Business
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Purview (preferred)
Microsoft Azure
Azure Administration
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Storage
Azure Virtual Networks
VPN Gateways
Network Security Groups
Azure Backup
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Monitor
Log Analytics
Azure Policy
Role-Based Access Control
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cost Management
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
OCI Compute
OCI Storage
OCI Networking
OCI Identity and Access Management
OCI Backup and Recovery
OCI Monitoring and Logging
OCI Security
OCI Load Balancing
OCI Disaster Recovery
Virtualization
VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi
VMware vCenter
Microsoft Hyper-V
High Availability and Replication
Backup and Storage
Veeam Backup &amp; Replication
NetApp
QNAP
HPE MSA
SAN and NAS technologies
Microsoft 365 backup solutions
Cloud backup and disaster recovery
Endpoint Management
Microsoft Intune
Windows Autopilot
Windows Update for Business
Endpoint compliance and configuration management
Application packaging and deployment
Automation
PowerShell scripting
Task automation
Infrastructure automation
Infrastructure as Code knowledge
Azure Resource Manager templates or Bicep (preferred)
Terraform knowledge (preferred)
Supporting Infrastructure Knowledge
TCP/IP
DNS and DHCP
Cloud connectivity
VPN technologies
Load balancing
Firewalls and security controls
Hybrid cloud architecture
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor&rsquo;s or Master&rsquo;s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cloud Computing, or a related discipline.
Experience
5&ndash;8 years of experience in infrastructure and cloud engineering.
Strong L2 and L3 infrastructure troubleshooting experience.
Experience supporting enterprise and multi-site IT environments.
Hands-on experience administering Windows Server and Active Directory.
Strong Microsoft 365 administration experience.
Hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure and OCI environments.
Experience with virtualization, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and endpoint-management technologies.
Experience leading infrastructure and cloud implementation or migration projects.
Experience supporting business-critical enterprise systems.
Working knowledge of cloud security, governance, and cost-optimization practices.
Preferred Certifications
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert
Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
Oracle
OCI Architect Associate
OCI Architect Professional
OCI Cloud Operations Professional
Virtualization and Backup
VMware Certified Professional
Veeam Certified Engineer
Other Preferred Certifications
ITIL Foundation
Certified Cloud Security Professional
Terraform Associate
Key Competencies
Strong infrastructure and cloud troubleshooting skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Strong leadership, communication, and documentation skills.
Ability to manage critical incidents under pressure.
Infrastructure and cloud project implementation experience.
Strong customer service and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Strong understanding of infrastructure security, governance, and compliance.
Ability to mentor technical team members and provide technical direction.
Commercial awareness of cloud consumption, licensing, and cost optimization.</div>

Lead Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

The Emirates Group

<div><h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Job Purpose
</h5><div>At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers &lsquo;Fly Better&rsquo;. Do you want to play a part in that journey and own technical products used by stakeholders and customers across the world? Join us in Cosmopolitan Dubai as a Technical Manager and make your mark on the aviation world!
</div><div>As a valued member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in leading the Enterprise API Modernization programme and operating the API Centre of Excellence (CoE). You will drive the transformation of the organisation&rsquo;s integration landscape into a secure, scalable, reusable, and AI-ready API ecosystem by promoting API-First practices, modernising legacy integrations, governing enterprise API standards, and enabling adoption of the strategic API platform. If you are passionate about delivering modern digital integration capabilities, establishing engineering excellence, and enabling innovation through APIs, we invite you to apply and contribute to the success of Emirates Group
As a T echnical Manager - API Platform &amp; Integration Strategy , you will be responsible b uilding and operating Emirates Group's strategic API platform and Centre of Excellence, enabling APIs to be managed as reusable digital products that accelerate business transformation, AI adoption, integration modernisation and enterprise agility.
</div><div>In this role, you will:
<ul><li>Define KPIs for the teams in line with departmental goals and objectives. Consistently meet or exceed agreed KPIS. Ensure all communications, reports and updates are accurate and consistently delivered in a timely manner.
</li><li>Ensure technologies comply with corporate security policies and procedures and all audit observations, risks and/or exceptions are identified and positively managed. Ensure all security and other operating system patches are promptly identified, reviewed, and assessed for their impact on the relevant environment and accordingly implemented on the relevant technologies.
</li><li>Responsible for providing 3rd level support for the relevant technology environment to the Incident and the Problem Management teams ensuring efficient root cause analysis is provided and avoiding reoccurrence of incidents.
</li><li>Collaborate closely with all IT teams to deliver products and services that contribute to the organization growth.
</li><li>Responsible for setting clear and consistent performance objectives, implementing performance management and development plans to ensure standards of performance and productivity are achieved and maintained enabling a high performance culture. Manage the technical expertise within the team so that resources are appropriately and effectively allocated. Assign suitably qualified resources to projects to support the ongoing IT work programme.
</li><li>Identify and develop needed products or services by creating Business Cases, conducting RFTs and coordinating with various stakeholders inside IT as well as other departments.
</li><li>Develop and effectively manage the team and technology budgets. Manage total cost of ownership of products and services within the respective technologies ensuring costs are identified, defined and reported, to enable businesses to make informed financial decisions, positively contribute to the process of cost control and provide financial transparency.
</li><li>Work closely with teams responsible for vendor management and vendor contract negotiations, to ensure SLAs are monitored and managed and contracts are seen to be value for money.
</li><li>Provide technical consultancy and guidance to the team members and technical manager of other technologies, enterprise architects, and project teams. Providing technical expertise to the enterprise architecture team for defining architecture strategy and standards and design the relevant technologies accordingly.
</li><li>Identify areas of improvement in existing technologies including end of life technology replacement and evaluation of new relevant technologies within the relevant environment in accordance with industry trends. Drive projects through assigned project managers.
</li></ul></div><h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Qualification
</h5>To be considered for the role you must meet the below requirements:
<ul><li>Degree in a subject relevant to IT
</li>Experience of specialist technical experience, within a business IT environment. 
<li>
</li></ul> 
Knowledge/skills:
<ul><li>API Strategy, Governance, and API Product Management
</li><li>API-First and Design-First Methodologies
</li><li>Middleware and Integration Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>API Gateway Platforms (Kong, Apigee, Azure API Management or equivalent)
</li><li>REST APIs, OpenAPI Specifications, and Event-Driven Architecture
</li><li>Cloud-Native and Hybrid Cloud Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Container Platform Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>DevSecOps Engineering and Practices
</li><li>Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices
</li><li>Observability Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Automation Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Networking Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Messaging Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Database Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Web Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>IT Security and Cyber Defence Technologies and Architecture
</li><li>Development Tooling and Developer Experience Enhancement
</li><li>ITIL Process Framework
</li></ul>Leadership Role: Yes
<h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Salary &amp; benefits
</h5>Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it&rsquo;s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers .</div>

Technical Manager

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