Deputy Director IT Infrastructure (Mp-Iii Scale)

Ministry of Railways; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Railways in Pakistan seeks a Deputy Director IT Infrastructure (MP-III Scale) to lead deployment and governance of cloud and on‑prem infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business goals. You will drive architecture decisions, automation initiatives, and vendor assessments to support critical railway IT services.

The role emphasizes achieving high availability, performance, and secure operations through strong cross‑functional collaboration with stakeholders and an eye for

Qualifications

• Lead deployment of cloud and on-prem infrastructure aligned with business objectives.
• Define, measure, and meet key Service Level Objectives including availability, performance, incidents.
• Help define IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and processes.
• Analyze business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders to develop IT solutions.
• Serve as an expert for IaaS end-to-end architecture and automation, including on-prem and cloud deployments.
• Oversee 3rd party solution assessments and provide input throughout procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of cloud & on-prem infrastructure strategies with cloud deployment.
• Define, measure, and meet key SLAs (availability, performance, incidents).
• Help define IT infra strategy, architecture, and processes.
• Analyze business requirements with stakeholders to develop IT solutions.
• Serve as expert for IaaS end-to-end architecture and automation.
• Oversee network builds from procurement to In Service.

Skills

Cloud infra

On-prem infra

Automation

SLAs

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

PhD in relevant subject(s) (CS/CE/SE/IT/Data Science)

Masters in relevant subject(s) with 5 years experience

Tools

IaaS

Job description

Deputy Director IT Infrastructure (MP-III Scale)

Eligibility Criteria (Education Qualification & Experience):

Ph.D in relevant subject(s) i.e. Computer Science or Computer engineering/Software engineering/Data sciences or information Technology or relevant degree with 03 years of professional experience in the relevant IT field.
OR
Masters in the relevant subject(s) i.e., Compute Science or Compute engineering/Software engineering/Data science or information Technology or MBA CIST/IT/MIS/relevant degree with 05 years of professional experience in the relevant IT field.

Job Description:

• Lead delivery of Cloud & on-prem infrastructure strategies aligned with business objectives with a focus on deployment into the Cloud involving design, implementation and infrastructure automation.
• Define, measure, and meet key Service Level Objectives including availability, performance, incidents and other areas that need focus.
• Help define IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and processes.
• Analyze business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions for lT needs.
• Serve as an expert for Laas end-to-end architecture and automation, including on premise and cloud deployments.
• Conduct 3rd party solution assessments and provide input throughout procurement process.
• Oversee network builds from procurement to “In Service”.

Eligibility Criteria

Experience

3 Years

Age Limit

Max: 62 years

Application Deadline