Strategic Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank in Abu Dhabi seeks an Enterprise Infrastructure Architect to define and govern cloud and on‑premise architectures for scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient operations. You will drive modernization across compute, storage, and network domains, and align with enterprise standards.

Lead cloud adoption, migration, and optimization while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk controls. Collaborate with security, operations and delivery teams to deliver resilient capabilities.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of compute storage networking virtualization and data center design.
• Experience with public, private and hybrid cloud models (Azure, AWS, OCI) including IaaS, PaaS and containers.
• Understanding of cloud security frameworks regulatory requirements and operational risk.

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

Compute & storage

Networking & virtualization

Cloud architecture

Security & compliance

Automation & DevOps

Enterprise integration

Stakeholder engagement

Banking tech experience

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank in Abu Dhabi seeks an Enterprise Infrastructure Architect to define and govern cloud and on‑premise architectures for scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient operations. You will drive modernization across compute, storage, and network domains, and align with enterprise standards.

Lead cloud adoption, migration, and optimization while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk controls. Collaborate with security, operations and delivery teams to deliver resilient capabilities.