Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare | Manthra Software Services Sdn Bhd | Dubai, UAE

Manthra Software Services Sdn Bhd; Dubai; Presencial; AED 201.000 - 223.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Travel allowances

Descripción de la vacante

Manthra Software Services Sdn Bhd in Dubai, UAE is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare to own enterprise vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and NSX environments on-site. You will drive architecture, governance, and optimization across data centers while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with security and application teams.

The role requires 10+ years in IT infrastructure, a Bachelor’s degree, and explicit availability for on-site work in Dubai.

Formación

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive professional hands-on experience in IT infrastructure engineering and enterprise system administration.
• Strong operational expertise in VMware virtualization technologies (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX).
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for on-site operations in Dubai, UAE.

Responsabilidades

• Architect, design, configure, optimize, and maintain enterprise VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Administer advanced VMware vSphere environments, ESXi hypervisors, vCenter clusters, vSAN storage, and NSX software-defined networking.
• Plan and execute seamless server virtualization migrations, hardware upgrades, and data center consolidations.
• Enforce rigorous change control policies, security hardening benchmarks, and compliance frameworks.
• Monitor data center resource utilization, identify bottlenecks, and perform capacity planning.
• Lead RCA investigations for critical infrastructure outages and implement rapid corrective actions.
• Manage disaster recovery solutions, site replication, backup validation, and business continuity planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and software development teams.

Conocimientos

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

vSAN

NSX

Infrastructure leadership

Capacity planning

Disaster recovery

RCA investigations

Stakeholder communication

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ IT/ related field

Herramientas

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Descripción del empleo

Position Summary

Driving advanced virtualization architecture, VMware infrastructure administration, and enterprise data center operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Manthra Software Services Sdn Bhd is actively seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare for a permanent full-time professional engagement. In this vital technical leadership role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of enterprise VMware vSphere, ESXi hypervisors, vCenter management servers, enterprise storage integration, high availability clustering, disaster recovery protocols, travel allowance management, and cross-functional infrastructure optimization. Bringing 10+ years of progressive professional experience in IT infrastructure and virtualization engineering alongside a Bachelor’s Degree, you will empower an elite multinational technology services enterprise to achieve uncompromised system uptime, bulletproof data center reliability, and scalable infrastructure performance. This prestigious career opportunity offers a competitive salary package of 18000–20000 AED, travel allowance benefits, international enterprise exposure, and professional growth within a leading global technical consultancy and IT staffing corporation.

Detailed Job Description

As a Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare supporting Manthra Software Services Sdn Bhd on a professional on-site basis in Dubai, UAE, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of enterprise virtualization governance, data center architecture hardening, server consolidation, and cross-functional engineering collaboration. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing, implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting complex VMware virtualization environments across enterprise data centers, managing ESXi hosts, vCenter clusters, vSAN storage pools, NSX networking, and advanced VMware SRM disaster recovery pipelines, coordinating IT infrastructure expansion and modernization projects, enforcing rigorous enterprise change control and security compliance standards, monitoring system performance metrics, identifying hardware bottlenecks, and supporting capacity planning initiatives, collaborating proactively with system administrators, security teams, and executive management, leading Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for critical infrastructure incidents, preparing comprehensive technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks, and mentoring junior systems engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, configure, optimize, and maintain enterprise VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Administer advanced VMware vSphere environments, ESXi hypervisors, vCenter clusters, vSAN storage, and NSX software-defined networking.
• Plan and execute seamless server virtualization migrations, hardware upgrades, and enterprise data center consolidations.
• Enforce rigorous enterprise change control policies, security hardening benchmarks, and compliance frameworks.
• Monitor data center resource utilization, identify performance bottlenecks, and execute proactive capacity planning.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for critical infrastructure outages and implement rapid corrective engineering solutions.
• Manage enterprise disaster recovery (DR) solutions, site replication, backup validation, and business continuity planning.
• Collaborate proactively with cross-functional IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and software development squads.
• Ensure strict adherence to corporate IT standards, SLA targets, and infrastructure uptime requirements.
• Maintain meticulous infrastructure architecture documentation, configuration backups, script repositories, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive professional hands-on experience in IT infrastructure engineering and enterprise system administration.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in VMware virtualization technologies (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX).
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in enterprise data center architecture, storage integration (SAN/NAS), and networking.
• Deep practical experience executing complex infrastructure migrations, high availability (HA) configurations, and disaster recovery (DR).
• Proven leadership capabilities with experience guiding technical infrastructure teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and effective stakeholder communication capabilities.
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for professional on-site operations in Dubai, UAE.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Professional vendor certifications such as VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP).
• Prior professional working experience supporting Tier-1 global financial institutions, telecommunications operators, or enterprise data centers.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud migration strategies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud VMware Engine) and containerized orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and IT service desk platforms (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow).
• Active participation in IT infrastructure user groups, virtualization associations, or enterprise technology forums.

Application Information

• Recruiter: Manthra Software Services Recruitment Division
• Contact Name: Manthra Software Services Technical Hiring Team
• Email:
• Phone:
• Company Website: https://www.manthrasoft.com
• Application URL: https://lnkd.in/eCAYTUNh
• Salary/Rate: 18000–20000 AED + Travel Allowance Benefits
• Work Schedule: On-Site Professional Operations (Dubai, UAE)
• Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent Dubai Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare Opening)
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
• Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time Employment

Recruitment Pro Tip

When applying for this Senior Infrastructure Lead VmWare position with Manthra Software Services in Dubai, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your 10+ years of enterprise virtualization tenure, vSphere/vCenter administrative depth, and successful data center migration background.