Azure Cloud Engineer (AI Platforms)

Tawasol Solution and Services LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 331,000 - 441,000; Full time

Job summary

SCS AI Solutions in Dubai seeks an Azure Cloud Engineer to design, build and operate a UAE-hosted cloud platform for AI solutions. The role is on-site in Dubai and starts immediately for a 12-month contract.

You will implement the cloud landing zone, automation, security controls and runbooks, and hand over the platform with training to the client's IT team, ensuring compliance with ISO 27001 and UAE standards.

Qualifications

• Production experience with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Proficient with IaC (Bicep or Terraform) and CI/CD (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
• In-depth knowledge of Entra ID/Azure AD, RBAC, private networking, Key Vault, Azure Monitor and Defender for Cloud.
• Experience hosting AI services (Azure OpenAI, AI Search) securely.
• Available to start immediately in UAE with 5 days' notice.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the UAE cloud landing zone with networking, private endpoints, identity, key management, and logging.
• Automate infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines for dev/test/prod.
• Apply security controls per ISO 27001 and UAE standards and provide audit evidence.
• Run monitoring, backup, DR, and incident response during operation.
• Hand platform over with runbooks and train client's IT team.

Skills

Azure cloud infra

IaC (Bicep/Terraform)

CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions)

Entra ID/Azure AD RBAC

Key Vault & Defender for Cloud

Azure Monitor

AI services hosting (Azure OpenAI)

UAE start availability

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Azure Cloud Engineer (AI Platforms) - SCS AI Solutions

• Full time
• on site in Dubai
• 12-month contract
• immediate start

The cloud/platform engineer builds and runs the secure UAE-hosted environment the solutions live on, and keeps it running through managed operation.

What you will do

• Design and build the cloud landing zone in UAE regions: networking, private endpoints, identity, key management, logging.
• Automate everything as code (Bicep or Terraform) with CI/CD pipelines for development, test and production.
• Apply security controls to recognised standards (ISO 27001 and UAE information-security standards) and produce evidence for audits.
• Run monitoring, backup, disaster recovery and incident response during managed operation, against agreed service levels.
• Hand the platform over with runbooks and train the client's IT team.

Must have

• Significant experience in cloud infrastructure, mainly on Microsoft Azure in production.
• Infrastructure as code (Bicep or Terraform) and CI/CD (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
• Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, private networking, Key Vault, Azure Monitor and Defender for Cloud.
• Experience hosting AI services (Azure OpenAI, AI Search) securely.
• Already present in the UAE and can start immediately (with 5 days notice).

Nice to have

• Microsoft certifications AZ-104, AZ-305 or AZ-500.
• Experience with UAE sovereign or certified cloud environments.
• Container platforms (AKS, Container Apps).