Senior Cloud And Infrastructure Architect

TalentOne; Abu Dhabi; Presencial; AED 441.000 - 661.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

TalentOne seeks a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design, build, and maintain the organization’s core IT infrastructure, spanning on‑premises, cloud, hybrid, and edge environments. You will set architectural standards, roadmaps, and governance to ensure scalability, security, and cost efficiency.

Lead multi-cloud initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across security, application, and network functions to deliver resilient, automated infrastructure using IaC and modern

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (master’s preferred).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect –Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• VMware VCDX/VCAP, Cisco CCIE/CCNP, or equivalent networking certifications.
• TOGAF, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), or HashiCorp Terraform certifications are a plus.
• 8–12+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture, with at least 3–5 years in an architect role.
• Proven experience designing large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.

Responsabilidades

• Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions across on-premises, cloud (AWS, Azure, G42), and hybrid environments.
• Develop reference architectures, standards, and blueprints for compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and containerization.
• Define and maintain the infrastructure roadmap aligned with business strategy, growth projections, and technology trends.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., IaC, Kubernetes, serverless, edge computing) and recommend adoption where appropriate.
• Lead cloud migration, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud architecture initiatives.
• Design scalable, highly available, and disaster-resilient platforms (IaaS, PaaS, container platforms).
• Optimize cloud spend through right-sizing, reserved capacity, and architectural efficiency.
• Establish landing zones, network topologies, identity integration, and governance guardrails.
• Define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs for critical infrastructure services.
• Architect HA and DR solutions with RTO/RPO targets and testing.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning for current and future demand.
• Lead RCA for major infrastructure incidents and drive architectural improvements.
• Embed security-by-design principles (zero trust, least privilege, segmentation).
• Ensure infrastructure meets regulatory and compliance requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR...).
• Collaborate on vulnerability management, patching strategy, and audit readiness.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
• Define monitoring, observability, and logging standards (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
• Reduce operational toil through automation and self-service platforms.
• Act as SME and escalation point for infrastructure teams; mentor engineers.

Conhecimentos

Cloud architecture

Hybrid/multi-cloud

Automation

Security

Cost optimization

Networking

Formação

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master’s preferred

Ferramentas

VMware

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

CloudFormation

Bicep

Descrição da vaga

Job Description:

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect

JOB Purpose:

The Infrastructure Architect is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the organization’s core IT infrastructure,including on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and edge environments. This roledefines the architectural vision, standards, and roadmaps that ensurescalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency across compute,storage, networking, and virtualization platforms. The ideal candidate combinesdeep technical expertise with strategic thinking, acting as a technical leadwho bridges business requirements and infrastructure solutions while mentoringengineering teams and driving modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science,Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (master’s preferred).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect –Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional CloudArchitect.
• VMware VCDX/VCAP, Cisco CCIE/CCNP, orequivalent networking certifications.
• TOGAF, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), or Hashi CorpTerraform certifications are a plus.

Experience

• 8–12+ years of experience in ITinfrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture, with at least 3–5years in an architect role.
• Proven experience designing large-scale,mission-critical infrastructure in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Hands-on background in systemsadministration, networking, or virtualization prior to architecture roles.

Skills

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, anddecision-making skills.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS,Azure, G42), virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM), and containers (Docker,Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of networking (SDN, VPC,load balancing, DNS, firewalls, VPN, BGP) and storage (SAN, NAS, objectstorage).
• Proficiency with IaC and automation tools(Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Solid understanding of securityarchitecture, identity management (IAM, AD, SSO), and zero-trust principles.
• Experience with cost modeling, capacityplanning, and vendor management.

Requirements

KEYACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Infrastructure Architecture &Design

• Design end-to-end infrastructure solutionsacross on-premises, cloud (AWS, Azure, G42), and hybrid environments.
• Develop reference architectures, standards,and blueprints for compute, storage, networking, virtualization, andcontainerization.
• Define and maintain the infrastructureroadmap aligned with business strategy, growth projections, and technologytrends.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., IaC,Kubernetes, serverless, edge computing) and recommend adoption whereappropriate.

2. Cloud & Platform Strategy

• Lead cloud migration, multi-cloud, and hybridcloud architecture initiatives.
• Design scalable, highly available, anddisaster-resilient platforms (IaaS, PaaS, container platforms).
• Optimize cloud spend through right-sizing,reserved capacity, and architectural efficiency.
• Establish landing zones, network topologies,identity integration, and governance guardrails.

3. Performance, Availability &Resilience

• Define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs forcritical infrastructure services.
• Architect high-availability (HA) and disasterrecovery (DR) solutions, including RTO/RPO targets and regular testing.
• Conduct capacity planning and performancetuning to support current and future demand.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for majorinfrastructure incidents and drive architectural improvements.

4. Security & Compliance Integration

• Embed security-by-design principles into allinfrastructure architectures (zero trust, least privilege, segmentation).
• Ensure infrastructure meets regulatory andcompliance requirements (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
• Collaborate with Security & Complianceteams on vulnerability management, patching strategy, and audit readiness.

5. Automation & OperationalExcellence

• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) usingtools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
• Define monitoring, observability, and loggingstandards (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
• Reduce operational toil through automationand self-service platforms.

6. Technical Leadership &Collaboration

• Act as a subject matter expert and escalationpoint for infrastructure engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practicesin architecture, documentation, and design reviews.
• Partner with application, data, security, andnetwork teams to ensure end-to-end solution coherence.
• Present architectural proposals and trade-offanalyses to technical and executive stakeholders.

7. Vendor & Cost Management

• Evaluate and select infrastructure vendors,platforms, and managed services.
• Negotiate technical requirements and supportlicensing/hardware procurement decisions.
• Manage infrastructure TCO and identify costoptimization opportunities.