Senior Server & Storage / Solution Architect

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company is seeking a Senior Server Storage Solution Architect in the UAE to design enterprise infrastructure across server storage, virtualization, backup and DR for clients in the region.

You will lead presales activities, run discovery sessions, gather requirements, size solutions, prepare BOMs, and create technical proposals. The role requires UAE experience, strong client-facing skills and ability to present to executives.

Qualifications

• 5–6 years UAE experience in server and storage architecture.
• Strong customer-facing and presentation skills.
• Experience leading presales activities, discovery, sizing and BOMs.
• Proven ability to present, defend and drive complex technical proposals.
• Arabic language skills preferred; UAE driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end server, storage, virtualization, backup and DR solutions with HLD/LLD and architecture docs.
• Lead presales activities, discovery workshops, sizing, BOMs, proposals and RFP/RFI responses.
• Present and defend solutions in customer meetings, demos and executive briefings.
• Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions and lead workload migrations.
• Define RPO/RTO requirements and build DR/BC strategies.
• Provide technical leadership across projects and escalate complex issues.
• Run PoCs/PoVs and collaborate with vendors and partners.

Skills

Presales & discovery workshops

Solution architecture

Customer-facing skills

5–6 years UAE experience

Arabic language

Tools

Dell PowerEdge

HPE ProLiant

Cisco UCS

Lenovo ThinkSystem

VMware vSphere

VCF

Nutanix AHV

Hyper‑V

Azure Stack HCI

Microsoft Azure

AWS

GCP

Veeam

Rubrik

Commvault

Cohesity

Veritas NetBackup OS

Dell EMC PowerStore

PowerMax

Unity XT

NetApp ONTAP

Pure Storage

HPE Alletra

Primera

IBM FlashSystem

VMware vSphere

RHEL

Ubuntu

SUSE

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

SolarWinds

ManageEngine

PRTG

Zabbix

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Server Storage Solution Architect to design and deliver enterprise infrastructure solutions across server storage virtualization backup and DR for our customers in the UAE.

Job Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end server, storage, virtualization, backup and DR solutions including HLD, LLD and architecture documents
• Lead presales activities, discovery workshops, requirement gathering, sizing, BOMs, technical proposals and RFP/RFI responses
• Present and defend solutions in customer meetings, demos and executive briefings
• Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions and lead workload migration initiatives
• Define RPO/RTO requirements and build disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Provide technical leadership across the project lifecycle and act as the escalation point for complex issues
• Run PoCs/PoVs and work closely with technology vendors and partners
• 5–6 years of UAE experience in server and storage architecture
• Valid UAE driving license
• Strong customer-facing and presentation skills
• Arabic speakers preferred
• Immediate Joiner Preferred

Technical Expertise

• Compute: Dell PowerEdge
• HPE ProLiant
• Cisco UCS
• Lenovo ThinkSystem
• HCI
• NVIDIA GPU infrastructure
• Storage: SAN
• NAS
• Object Storage
• SDS
• Fibre Channel
• iSCSI
• NVMe-oF
• Dell EMC PowerStore
• PowerMax
• Unity XT
• NetApp ONTAP
• Pure Storage
• HPE Alletra
• Primera
• IBM FlashSystem
• Virtualization: VMware vSphere
• VCF
• vSAN
• Nutanix AHV
• Hyper‑V
• Azure Stack HCI
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• GCP
• Backup & DR: Veeam
• Rubrik
• Commvault
• Cohesity
• Veritas NetBackup OS
• Windows Server
• RHEL
• Ubuntu
• SUSE
• Automation: Ansible
• PowerShell
• Python
• Terraform
• SolarWinds
• ManageEngine
• PRTG
• Zabbix