Infrastructure Architect - Cloud, DevOps & AI/ML

Global Software Solutions Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Software Solutions Group is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and support secure, resilient, scalable infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments in Dubai. The role emphasizes cloud platforms, compute, storage, networking, containerisation, Infrastructure-as-Code, high availability, disaster recovery, and AI/ML workloads.

The candidate will lead architecture discussions, define standards, guide DevSecOps, and contribute to modernization and

Qualifications

• Experience designing cloud, on-premises and hybrid infrastructure across compute, storage and networking.
• Strong knowledge of IaC, automation and repeatable deployment practices.
• Proven ability to design for security, compliance, data residency and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end infrastructure architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Define architecture across compute, storage, networking, databases, and platform services.
• Design infrastructure for data-intensive and AI/ML workloads, including GPU compute and high-throughput storage.
• Establish and maintain standards for IaC, environment management, automation and config consistency.
• Design highly available architectures with backup, DR, RTO and RPO requirements.
• Ensure designs meet security, compliance, data residency and regulatory requirements.
• Perform capacity planning and cost optimisation based on workload requirements.
• Review changes and guide infrastructure, cloud, DevSecOps and engineering teams.
• Support implementation teams with architecture guidance and design patterns.
• Evaluate emerging cloud/infrastructure technologies and recommend adoption.
• Contribute to modernization, cloud migration, scalability, resilience, and performance initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Hybrid cloud

On-premises

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Bicep

Ansible

Security architecture

IAM

Disaster recovery

High availability

Data infrastructure

Performance tuning

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Azure Bicep

Ansible

Job description

• On-premises infrastructure
• Virtualisation
• Scalable compute environments
• Secure infrastructure design

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.

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