Principal Architect- Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Abu Dhabi is seeking a professional to define and govern the enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture. This role involves designing scalable, resilient solutions and supporting cloud adoption strategies. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in banking technology, with deep knowledge of both traditional and cloud infrastructure. This full-time position requires strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration with various teams.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of compute storage networking virtualization and data center design.
• Experience with public private and hybrid cloud models including IaaS PaaS and container platforms.
• Understanding of cloud security frameworks regulatory requirements and operational risk.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling.
• Ability to align infrastructure with application data and business architecture domains.
• Strong collaboration with engineering operations security and architecture governance teams.
• Overall 15 years of banking technology experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the infrastructure and cloud architecture blueprint.
• Lead the design of scalable resilient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
• Govern cloud adoption migration and optimization strategies across domains.
• Collaborate with platform security and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment.
• Support disaster recovery business continuity and performance engineering initiatives.

Skills

Infrastructure Architecture Expertise

Cloud Architecture Mastery

Security & Compliance Awareness

Automation & DevOps

Enterprise Integration

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

Overall objectives

Define and govern the enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture to ensure scalability resilience and cost efficiency.

Enable secure compliant and high-performing hybrid cloud environments that support business agility and innovation.

Drive modernization of infrastructure platforms network and compute through cloud-native and automation-first strategies.

Align infrastructure architecture with enterprise standards security frameworks and operational requirements.

Foster a culture of architectural discipline reusability and continuous improvement across infrastructure domains.

Job scope

Role specific responsibilities

Define and maintain the infrastructure and cloud architecture blueprint.

Lead the design of scalable resilient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.

Govern cloud adoption migration and optimization strategies across domains.

Collaborate with platform security and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment.

Support disaster recovery business continuity and performance engineering initiatives.

General functional responsibilities

Define and maintain the infrastructure and cloud architecture blueprint.

Lead the design of scalable resilient and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.

Govern cloud adoption migration and optimization strategies across domains.

Collaborate with platform security and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment.

Support disaster recovery business continuity and performance engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

Core competencies required

• Infrastructure Architecture Expertise: Deep knowledge of compute storage networking virtualization and data center design.
• Cloud Architecture Mastery: Experience with public private and hybrid cloud models (Azure AWS OCI) including IaaS PaaS and container platforms.
• Security & Compliance Awareness: Understanding of cloud security frameworks regulatory requirements and operational risk.
• Automation & DevOps: Familiarity with infrastructure as code CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling.
• Enterprise Integration: Ability to align infrastructure with application data and business architecture domains.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong collaboration with engineering operations security and architecture governance teams.
• Overall 15 years of banking technology experience is desirable

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time