Azure Platform Engineer — Enterprise Cloud & DR (Dubai)

GAC Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

GAC Group in Dubai seeks a skilled Group-IT Platform Engineer – Azure to ensure reliability, security, and performance of our hybrid infrastructure supporting thousands of users worldwide.

You will design, implement, secure, and operate enterprise services across Microsoft Azure and on-premises environments, focusing on Azure networking, identity, backup, and disaster recovery. Excellent leadership and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Information Technology or Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, NaaS).
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, AI-200/300; Linux/Windows certs are a plus.
• Strong communication, adaptability and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and troubleshoot enterprise Cloud platform.
• Manage Azure networking, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, VPN Gateway, and VNet Peering.
• Implement and maintain IaaS, PaaS, Layer 7 & 4 load balancers and cloud networking.
• Establish platform and reference architecture, change management.
• Implement Entra ID authentication, authorization, SSO, B2C and RBAC.
• Implement data permissions and document-level security.
• Implement secure access to internal documents and knowledge sources.
• Implement security controls and support vulnerability remediation.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery solutions, including Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Conduct backup testing, recovery exercises, failover/failback, and ensure RPO/RTO.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents in Cloud environments.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, architecture/network diagrams, standards, and SOPs.

Skills

Azure cloud platform

Networking

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in IT or CS

Tools

Azure

Entra ID

Azure Site Recovery (ASR)

Job description

GAC Group in Dubai seeks a skilled Group-IT Platform Engineer – Azure to ensure reliability, security, and performance of our hybrid infrastructure supporting thousands of users worldwide.

You will design, implement, secure, and operate enterprise services across Microsoft Azure and on-premises environments, focusing on Azure networking, identity, backup, and disaster recovery. Excellent leadership and communication are essential for success.