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Principal Architect- Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture
Job summary
A leading bank in the UAE is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to define and govern the enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture to ensure scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency. The role involves leading the design of cloud solutions, collaborating with various teams for architectural alignment, and supporting disaster recovery initiatives. Candidates should possess extensive experience in infrastructure and cloud architecture, with a strong focus on security and compliance, and a minimum of 15 years in banking technology. This is a full-time, on-site position.
Qualifications
- Deep knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization and data center design.
- Experience with public, private and hybrid cloud models (Azure, AWS, OCI).
- Understanding of cloud security frameworks and regulatory requirements.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to align infrastructure with application, data and business architecture domains.
- Strong collaboration with engineering, operations and security teams.
- 15 years of banking technology experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the infrastructure and cloud architecture blueprint.
- Lead the design of scalable and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
- Govern cloud adoption and optimization strategies across domains.
- Collaborate with security and delivery teams for architectural alignment.
- Support disaster recovery and performance engineering initiatives.
Skills
Define and govern the enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture to ensure scalability, resilience and cost efficiency.
Enable secure, compliant and high-performing hybrid cloud environments that support business agility and innovation.
Drive modernization of infrastructure platforms, network and compute through cloud-native and automation-first strategies.
Align infrastructure architecture with enterprise standards, security frameworks and operational requirements.
Foster a culture of architectural discipline, reusability and continuous improvement across infrastructure domains.
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.
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.
Core competencies required
- Infrastructure Architecture Expertise: Deep knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization and data center design.
- Cloud Architecture Mastery: Experience with public, private and hybrid cloud models (Azure, AWS, OCI) including IaaS, PaaS and container platforms.
- Security & Compliance Awareness: Understanding of cloud security frameworks, regulatory requirements and operational risk.
- Automation & DevOps: Familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling.
- Enterprise Integration: Ability to align infrastructure with application, data and business architecture domains.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Strong collaboration with engineering, operations, security and architecture governance teams.
- Overall 15 years on banking technology experience is desirable.
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Full-time
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