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Advisory Platform Architect

Position Summary

We are seeking an Advisory Platform Architect within the MEA region, you will be a trusted advisor and technical authority, designing, deploying, and optimising advanced virtualisation platforms and Kubernetes-based solutions for our customers. Our team’s strength stems from a multi-disciplinary approach, leveraging in-depth technology expertise and cross-functional knowledge to provide comprehensive support.

You will be instrumental in guiding our prestigious customers through their platform modernisation journey - assessing their current environments, aligning solutions to their strategic objectives, and driving successful deployments of virtualisation and container ecosystems.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable virtualisation and container platform solutions (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Collaborate with customers to gather requirements and align solutions with business goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on strategy, migration, and industry best practices across cloud, DevOps, and microservices.
• Support pre-sales efforts by delivering presentations, demos and proof-of-concept workshops.
• Develop architecture blueprints, proposals, and bills of materials tailored to customer objectives.
• Oversee implementation efforts, providing expert guidance and troubleshooting complex infrastructure challenges.
• Foster relationships with OEMs, partners, and customer stakeholders to ensure solution alignment and awareness of product developments.
• Stay current on market trends and contribute insights to WWT’s strategic direction and offerings.
• Mentor junior engineers, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to scalable pre-sale assets and support resource planning to enhance delivery efficiency.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Significant experience in architecting and implementing virtualisation and container solutions at an enterprise scale.
• Deep knowledge of VMware vSphere / ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or similar hypervisors; experience in design, migration, and optimisation.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift, container networking, CI / CD pipelines, and DevOps methodologies.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) is highly desirable.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to mentor teams, coordinate complex projects, ad drive them to successful completion.
• Fluent in English is mandatory; fluency in Arabic is preferred.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Consulting and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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