Infrastructure Architect

DXC Technology Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology Company is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect in the UAE to lead architecture, design, and governance of enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions. The role covers compute, virtualization, storage, networking, cloud, security, HA, DR, and governance, with hands-on design responsibilities.

You will develop comprehensive HLD/LLD documentation and translate business needs into scalable, secure infrastructure architectures, working with multiple teams and vendors to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure engineering, infrastructure architecture, or solution design.
• Minimum 3+ years in an Infrastructure Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or similar role.
• Strong experience developing HLD and LLD documentation, technical specifications, and architecture diagrams.
• Experience across compute, virtualization, storage, networking, backup, cloud, security, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with infrastructure sizing and capacity planning.
• Experience designing High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including RPO and RTO requirements.
• Experience reviewing and validating infrastructure BOM/BOQ and technical specifications.
• Experience supporting infrastructure implementation, migration, testing, and transition activities.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, scalability, availability, performance, and operational requirements.
• Strong technical problem-solving and architecture decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Relevant Cloud, VMware, Microsoft, or Infrastructure certification.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or equivalent knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure architecture and solution design based on business, application, security, availability, performance, and operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.
• Translate business and application requirements into infrastructure architecture, technical specifications, sizing, configurations, and implementation requirements.
• Design solutions covering compute, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, operating systems, databases, cloud, security, monitoring, and management platforms.
• Define infrastructure topology, component interactions, dependencies, integration points, and deployment patterns.
• Produce architecture diagrams covering logical and physical architecture, network connectivity, security zones, data flows, HA, and DR.
• Perform infrastructure sizing and capacity planning for CPU, memory, storage, network bandwidth, IOPS, backup capacity, and future growth.
• Define High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, replication, RPO, and RTO requirements.
• Design infrastructure solutions using technologies such as VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server, Linux, SAN/NAS/Object Storage, enterprise backup platforms, and cloud services.
• Evaluate infrastructure technologies and provide technical recommendations based on requirements, scalability, compatibility, performance, and supportability.
• Review infrastructure BOM/BOQ and validate technical specifications, quantities, capacity, and licensing dependencies.
• Work closely with application, security, network, database, cloud, vendor, OEM, and implementation teams.
• Define infrastructure prerequisites and dependencies for application deployments and migrations.
• Identify technical risks, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and key architecture decisions.
• Ensure solutions follow security requirements, enterprise architecture standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Review implementation designs and ensure deployed solutions align with approved architecture and design documentation.
• Provide technical governance throughout implementation, migration, testing, commissioning, and transition to operations.
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex infrastructure design and integration issues.
• Define operational requirements for monitoring, alerting, patching, backup, configuration management, capacity management, and infrastructure lifecycle management.

Skills

Infrastructure Architecture

HLD

LLD

Solution Design

VMware vSphere

VMware vCenter

Hyper-V

Windows Server

Linux

HPE

Dell

SAN

NAS

Object Storage

Backup & Replication

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

RPO

RTO

Oracle

MS SQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

LAN/WAN

Network Segmentation

Active Directory

Cloud Infrastructure

Infrastructure Security

Capacity Planning

BOM/BOQ

Technical Architecture

Infrastructure Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Job description

Experience: 7+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in an Infrastructure Architect or similar architecture role.

Location: UAE

Position Summary

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to lead the architecture, design, and technical governance of enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions.

This is a hands-on architecture role combining infrastructure design, compute, virtualization, storage, networking, backup, cloud, security, High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and technical governance.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience translating business and application requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and well-governed infrastructure solutions, supported by comprehensive High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure architecture and solution design based on business, application, security, availability, performance, and operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.
• Translate business and application requirements into infrastructure architecture, technical specifications, sizing, configurations, and implementation requirements.
• Design solutions covering compute, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, operating systems, databases, cloud, security, monitoring, and management platforms.
• Define infrastructure topology, component interactions, dependencies, integration points, and deployment patterns.
• Produce architecture diagrams covering logical and physical architecture, network connectivity, security zones, data flows, HA, and DR.
• Perform infrastructure sizing and capacity planning for CPU, memory, storage, network bandwidth, IOPS, backup capacity, and future growth.
• Define High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, replication, RPO, and RTO requirements.
• Design infrastructure solutions using technologies such as VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server, Linux, SAN/NAS/Object Storage, enterprise backup platforms, and cloud services.
• Evaluate infrastructure technologies and provide technical recommendations based on requirements, scalability, compatibility, performance, and supportability.
• Review infrastructure BOM/BOQ and validate technical specifications, quantities, capacity, and licensing dependencies.
• Work closely with application, security, network, database, cloud, vendor, OEM, and implementation teams.
• Define infrastructure prerequisites and dependencies for application deployments and migrations.
• Identify technical risks, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and key architecture decisions.
• Ensure solutions follow security requirements, enterprise architecture standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Review implementation designs and ensure deployed solutions align with approved architecture and design documentation.
• Provide technical governance throughout implementation, migration, testing, commissioning, and transition to operations.
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex infrastructure design and integration issues.
• Define operational requirements for monitoring, alerting, patching, backup, configuration management, capacity management, and infrastructure lifecycle management.

Technical Requirements

Strong hands-on knowledge and experience in:

• High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD)
• Windows Server and Linux/Unix
• VMware vSphere / vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V
• HPE and Dell infrastructure
• Enterprise Storage, SAN, NAS and Object Storage
• Backup and Replication
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
• RPO and RTO Design
• Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL
• LAN/WAN, Routing, Switching and Network Segmentation
• VLANs and Subnets
• Active Directory
• Infrastructure Security
• Infrastructure Monitoring and Management
• Capacity Planning and Performance Management
• Architecture Diagrams and Technical Documentation
• BOM/BOQ Review and Infrastructure Sizing

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure engineering, infrastructure architecture, or solution design.
• Minimum 3+ years in an Infrastructure Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or similar role.
• Strong experience developing HLD and LLD documentation, technical specifications, and architecture diagrams.
• Experience across compute, virtualization, storage, networking, backup, cloud, security, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with infrastructure sizing and capacity planning.
• Experience designing High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including RPO and RTO requirements.
• Experience reviewing and validating infrastructure BOM/BOQ and technical specifications.
• Experience supporting infrastructure implementation, migration, testing, and transition activities.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, scalability, availability, performance, and operational requirements.
• Strong technical problem-solving and architecture decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Relevant Cloud, VMware, Microsoft, or Infrastructure certification.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or equivalent knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant technical field.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture framework certification.
• Experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Experience working with major infrastructure OEMs and technology vendors.
• Experience providing technical architecture governance across the full infrastructure design and implementation lifecycle.

Key Skills

Infrastructure Architecture | HLD | LLD | Solution Design | VMware vSphere | VMware vCenter | Hyper-V | Windows Server | Linux | HPE | Dell | SAN | NAS | Object Storage | Backup & Replication | High Availability | Disaster Recovery | RPO | RTO | Oracle | MS SQL | MySQL | PostgreSQL | LAN/WAN | Network Segmentation | Active Directory | Cloud Infrastructure | Infrastructure Security | Capacity Planning | BOM/BOQ | Technical Architecture | Infrastructure Design