Requirements
Design and support secure, resilient, scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Key responsibilities include defining architecture across compute, storage, networking, databases, and platform services, designing infrastructure for data-intensive and AI/ML workloads, establishing standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and ensuring infrastructure designs meet security, compliance, data residency, and regulatory requirements. Requires strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), compute, networking, storage, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Ansible), security, and high availability/disaster recovery.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Dubai, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
IT - Software & Web Development
Company Industry
Software & Internet Services
We are looking for Infrastructure Architects and experienced Cloud Infrastructure professionals
to design and support secure, resilient, scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
The role focuses on designing the infrastructure foundation for modern enterprise solutions, with particular emphasis on cloud platforms, compute, storage, networking, containerisation, Infrastructure-as-Code, high availability, disaster recovery, and data-intensive/AI/ML workloads.
Candidates with different levels of experience are encouraged to apply, from strong infrastructure/cloud engineers looking to move into architecture through to experienced Infrastructure Architects.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Design end-to-end infrastructure architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Define architecture across compute, storage, networking, databases, and platform services based on business and technical requirements.
Design infrastructure requirements for data-intensive and AI/ML workloads, including GPU compute, high-throughput storage, scalable processing, and inference environments.
Establish and maintain standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), environment management, automation, and configuration consistency.
Design highly available infrastructure architectures with appropriate backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, RTO and RPO requirements.
Ensure infrastructure designs meet security, compliance, data residency, and regulatory requirements.
Perform capacity planning and cost optimisation, including resource right-sizing based on workload requirements.
Review infrastructure architecture and technical changes and provide guidance to infrastructure, cloud, DevSecOps, and engineering teams.
Support implementation teams by providing architecture guidance, technical standards, and recommended design patterns.
Evaluate emerging cloud and infrastructure technologies and provide recommendations for adoption where appropriate.
Contribute to infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, scalability, resilience, and performance improvement initiatives.
Core Technical Skills
Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure
Experience with one or more major cloud platforms:
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Hybrid cloud environments
On-premises infrastructure
Candidates with strong expertise in one cloud platform are welcome, while multi-cloud experience will be an advantage.
Compute, Networking & Storage
Strong understanding of infrastructure architecture across:
Compute
Networking
Storage
Virtualisation
Load balancing
High availability
Disaster recovery
Backup and recovery
Business continuity
Performance and capacity planning
Containers & Platform Technologies
Experience with:
Docker
Kubernetes
Container orchestration
Container-based infrastructure
Cloud-native platform architectures
Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management tools such as:
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
Azure Bicep
Ansible
Other infrastructure automation tools
Strong understanding of environment management, configuration consistency, automation, and repeatable infrastructure deployment is required.
AI/ML & Data Infrastructure
Experience designing infrastructure for data-intensive and AI/ML workloads is highly desirable.
Relevant experience may include:
GPU compute infrastructure
High-throughput storage
Scalable compute environments
AI/ML infrastructure
Model training infrastructure
Model inference environments
Data processing workloads
Performance and capacity optimisation for AI/ML workloads
Security & Compliance
Strong understanding of:
Infrastructure security
Security architecture
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Authentication and authorization
Network security
Cloud security
Data protection
Compliance requirements
Data residency
Secure infrastructure design
The successful candidate should be able to incorporate security and compliance requirements into infrastructure architecture rather than treating them as an afterthought.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Experience designing resilient infrastructure with consideration for:
High Availability (HA)
Disaster Recovery (DR)
Backup strategies
Business Continuity
RTO – Recovery Time Objective
RPO – Recovery Point Objective
Failure recovery
Resilience and redundancy
Architecture & Leadership Responsibilities
For senior-level candidates, responsibilities may include:
Reviewing and approving infrastructure designs.
Establishing infrastructure architecture standards and reference patterns.
Providing technical direction to infrastructure and DevSecOps engineers.
Leading architecture discussions and design reviews.
Conducting technology evaluations and making adoption recommendations.
Mentoring engineers and supporting technical capability development.
Driving infrastructure modernization and optimization initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Depending on seniority, candidates should demonstrate relevant experience across:
Cloud infrastructure architecture or engineering
AWS, Azure and/or GCP
Networking and virtualisation
Docker and Kubernetes
Infrastructure-as-Code
Infrastructure automation
Security and IAM
High availability and disaster recovery
Infrastructure performance and capacity planning
For senior/architect-level positions: proven experience designing and governing enterprise-scale infrastructure architectures is expected.
For junior/mid-level candidates: strong hands-on infrastructure/cloud engineering experience with the ability and ambition to progress into architecture will also be considered.
Certifications – Desirable
Relevant certifications are advantageous, including:
AWS Solutions Architect
AWS Certified Advanced Networking / Security
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
Google Cloud Architect
Kubernetes certifications
HashiCorp Terraform certifications
TOGAF
Other relevant cloud, infrastructure, security, or architecture certifications
Preferred Experience
Experience in one or more of the following environments will be an advantage:
Enterprise infrastructure
Cloud transformation
Hybrid cloud
Cloud migration
AI/ML platforms
Data platforms
DevSecOps
Financial services / banking
Highly regulated environments
Large-scale distributed systems
What we're looking for
We are looking for people who can design, not just operate infrastructure — professionals who understand how compute, networking, storage, cloud, security, automation, resilience, and cost come together to support business-critical workloads.
Candidates should demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, technical curiosity, ownership, and the ability to work collaboratively with architecture, engineering, security, data, AI/ML, and DevSecOps teams.
Experience Levels
0–5 years: Cloud/Infrastructure Engineers with strong hands-on exposure and a clear interest in architecture.
5–10 years: Senior Cloud/Infrastructure Engineers with architecture and design experience.
10–15 years: Infrastructure/Cloud Architects with enterprise-scale design and governance experience.
15+ years: Lead/Principal Infrastructure Architects capable of owning complex enterprise and hybrid-cloud architecture strategies.
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