Senior AWS Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

VAM Systems; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VAM Systems is seeking a highly capable Senior AWS Cloud & Infrastructure Architect to lead production-grade AWS environments and enterprise infrastructure initiatives in the UAE. The role requires hands-on cloud engineering expertise, private/public cloud operations, and strong automation background.

You will design secure, scalable, cost-efficient solutions, ensure high availability, DR, and lead optimization across multi-AZ/multi-region deployments while mentoring junior engineers and

Qualifications

• 710 years in Systems / Infrastructure Engineering
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional preferred)
• Strong hands-on AWS experience (this is critical)
• Not theoretical must have built and operated real environments
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (L3/L4/L7)
• Deep understanding of security and identity
• Deep understanding of operating systems (Linux Windows)
• Proven experience in automation
• Experience in hybrid environments
• Strong troubleshooting ability across multiple layers
• Hands-on with tools like: AWS Security Hub GuardDuty WAF Shield

Responsibilities

• AWS Cloud Ownership: Architect deploy and manage production-grade AWS environments
• Design secure, scalable and cost-optimized solutions across EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect
• Implement high availability, DR and backup strategies (multi-AZ multi-region)
• Lead AWS cost optimization
• Troubleshoot complex AWS issues across compute, network, storage and security layers
• Infrastructure & Systems Engineering: Manage Windows & Linux environments
• Design and maintain Active Directory / Entra ID (Azure AD)
• automation scripts using Python / Bash / PowerShell
• Drive zero-touch provisioning and configuration management
• Eliminate manual operational tasks
• Security & Compliance: IAM least privilege, network segmentation, encryption
• Work with security teams on vulnerability remediation and ISO/NIST compliance
• Hands-on with tools like AWS Security Hub GuardDuty WAF Shield
• Monitoring: full-stack monitoring, SLAs/SLOs, alerts, RCA
• DevOps & Platform Engineering: CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins)
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Leadership & Ownership: mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions

Skills

AWS Expertise

Hands-on AWS

Networking fundamentals

Security & identity

Automation

Hybrid environments

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kubernetes

VMware

Nutanix

Rubrik

Oracle Database

Job description

VAM Systems is seeking a highly capable Senior AWS Cloud & Infrastructure Architect to lead production-grade AWS environments and enterprise infrastructure initiatives in the UAE. The role requires hands-on cloud engineering expertise, private/public cloud operations, and strong automation background.

You will design secure, scalable, cost-efficient solutions, ensure high availability, DR, and lead optimization across multi-AZ/multi-region deployments while mentoring junior engineers and