Lead Systems Engineer (IT Infrastructure)

Faze 3 Consulting; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 446,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Faze 3 Consulting is seeking a senior, hands-on Systems Engineer to stabilise and improve a live enterprise infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. You will assess the estate and personally implement approved fixes within change controls, then transfer knowledge to the internal Systems team.

This is a delivery role; you own the fixes, not the slides. The six-month engagement requires 10+ years of enterprise infra experience, 5+ years in M365/Azure, and a valid UAE residency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on enterprise infrastructure experience with Windows Server, AD, DNS/DHCP.
• Proven ability to stabilise live production environments and implement fixes personally.
• Experience under ITIL-aligned incident, problem and change management.

Responsibilities

• Assess and stabilise a live hybrid estate including Windows Server, AD, VMs, storage, and DR.
• Validate backups with real restore tests and strengthen disaster recovery readiness.
• Perform risk remediation and close monitoring/gaps in security and access.
• Lead change management with impact assessments, rollbacks, and sign-offs.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

VMware/Hyper-V

Azure administration

Microsoft 365

Backup/Disaster Recovery

ITIL incident/change management

Security governance

Education

Microsoft Certification AZ-104

ITIL Foundation

Tools

Commvault

Azure Backup

Azure Site Recovery

Group Policy (GPO)

Purview

Job description

Open to candidates with own valid UAE residency visa permitting contract work (no sponsorship offered), commitment to six months full-time on-site in Abu Dhabi, and availability to start within one month.

A large Abu Dhabi-based holdings group needs a senior, genuinely hands-on systems engineer to stabilise and improve its live enterprise infrastructure over a six-month, full-time, on-site engagement. You will assess the estate, then personally implement the approved fixes — in consoles and change windows, under formal change control — and transfer knowledge to the internal Systems team so the improvements last. This is a delivery role, not an advisory one: you own the fixes, not the slideware.

What you'll be doing:

• Assessing and stabilising a live hybrid estate: Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware/Hyper-V, enterprise storage, backup/DR, Microsoft 365 and Azure
• Validating backup coverage and performing documented test restores; strengthening disaster recovery readiness (Commvault, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery)
• Remediating storage, file server and folder permission risks; closing monitoring and alerting gaps
• Progressing Microsoft 365 and Azure governance, including Purview, Intune, Defender and Conditional Access reviews
• Executing every change with impact assessment, rollback plan and post-implementation validation
• Writing the SOPs and runbooks, and delivering structured knowledge-transfer sessions with formal sign-off

What you'll need:

• 10+ years' hands-on enterprise infrastructure experience (Windows Server, AD, DNS/DHCP/GPO, Hyper-V or VMware, enterprise storage, backup, monitoring, DR)
• 5+ years' Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Azure administration — including conditional access and hybrid identity
• Demonstrable experience personally stabilising or remediating live production environments — not in an advisory or oversight capacity
• Strong backup platform experience with real restore testing (Commvault preferred; Veeam or equivalent considered)
• Experience working under formal ITIL-aligned incident, problem and change management
• Microsoft certification (AZ-104 or equivalent) — required; ITIL Foundation preferred

The engagement: a competitive all-inclusive monthly rate, full-time, contracted through Faze 3 Consulting. The selected profile is submitted to the client for approval before start, so only evidenced, verifiable experience will progress.

Faze 3 Consulting is an equal-opportunity recruiter; all applications are assessed solely on skills, experience and evidenced capability.