Data Infrastructure & Operations Consultant

Employment; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Employment in Doha seeks a Data Infrastructure & Operations Consultant to design, configure and support infrastructure for data-management, analytics and security. You will ensure environments, connectivity, capacity, access, monitoring, backup and recovery align with architecture and service requirements.

You will work with client infrastructure teams, document runbooks, support change controls, and transfer services to support teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in information technology, computer science or a related field.
• Equivalent combination of education and consulting or implementation experience may be considered.
• Experience in infrastructure, systems administration, cloud services and data analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Assess infrastructure and service requirements for client data solutions.
• Design or support on-premises, cloud or hybrid infrastructure configurations.
• Provision and configure development, test and production environments via change controls.
• Implement connectivity, access, certificates and security requirements.
• Support installation and operation of data platforms and databases.
• Establish monitoring, capacity, availability, performance and evidence.
• Design and test backup, disaster recovery and continuity procedures.
• Maintain configuration records, diagrams, asset info and patch history.
• Support incident, problem and root-cause investigation and corrective action.
• Validate readiness, escalation routes and go-live acceptance.
• Develop runbooks, maintenance procedures and handover packs.
• Train client staff and provide transition support.

Skills

Infrastructure operations

Systems administration

Networking

Monitoring

Backup/recovery

Change management

Incident management

Documentation discipline

Operational reliability

Eliciting operational requirements

Communicating options clearly

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or computer science

Job description

Data Infrastructure & Operations Consultant

Role Purpose The Data Infrastructure & Operations Consultant designs, configures and supports the infrastructure and operational services required for client data-management, integration, analytics and security capabilities. The role ensures that environments, connectivity, capacity, access, monitoring, backup, recovery and support arrangements are documented and aligned with approved architecture and service requirements. The consultant works with client infrastructure teams, system owners, platform administrators, architects, engineers and security specialists. It may provision or support environments under controlled access, but client technology teams retain production ownership and operational authority. The role must combine technical delivery with disciplined operational documentation, evidence and knowledge transfer so services can be maintained reliably after implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess infrastructure, hosting, network, connectivity, capacity, environment and service requirements for client data solutions.
• Design or support approved on-premises, cloud or hybrid infrastructure configurations.
• Provision and configure authorised development, test and production-support environments through client change controls.
• Implement connectivity, certificates, service accounts, access, secrets and infrastructure security requirements.
• Support installation and operation of data platforms, integration services, databases and analytical components.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, capacity, availability, performance and service-level evidence.
• Design and test backup, restoration, disaster-recovery and continuity procedures for relevant services.
• Maintain configuration records, infrastructure diagrams, asset information, patch status and change history.
• Support incident, problem and root-cause investigation and coordinate corrective action with client teams and vendors.
• Validate operational readiness, support ownership, escalation routes and acceptance evidence before go-live.
• Develop runbooks, maintenance procedures, support models and operational handover packs.
• Train client infrastructure and operations personnel and provide controlled transition support.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in information technology, computer science or a related field. An equivalent combination of relevant education and directly applicable consulting or implementation experience may be considered.

Professional Experience Typically 3-8 years in infrastructure, systems administration, cloud or enterprise application support. Experience in infrastructure, systems administration, cloud services, database platforms or enterprise application support. Experience with networking, identity, monitoring, backup, recovery, patching and configuration management. Experience supporting data or analytics platforms and working within production change controls. Experience producing operational documentation and transferring services to support teams.

Technical and Domain Knowledge

• On-premises, cloud and hybrid infrastructure concepts.
• Systems administration, networking and connectivity.
• Identity, service accounts, certificates and access controls.
• Monitoring, alerting, capacity, availability and performance.
• Backup, restoration, disaster recovery and continuity.
• Patching, configuration, release and change management.
• Incident, problem and operational support processes.
• Infrastructure documentation, runbooks and service handover.

Core Competencies

• Infrastructure operations.
• Systems administration.
• Networking.
• Monitoring.
• Backup/recovery.
• Change and incident management.
• Operational reliability.
• Troubleshooting.
• Service management.
• Documentation discipline.
• Eliciting operational requirements and identifying hidden dependencies.
• Explaining infrastructure options and service implications clearly.
• Working within controlled access, security and change processes.
• Coordinating infrastructure, platform, vendor and delivery teams.
• Producing complete configuration and operational evidence.
• Facilitating readiness reviews and structured handover.
• Supporting client operations without assuming production ownership.

Preferred Certifications

• Relevant cloud or infrastructure certification
• IT service-management certification

Focus areas

• Infrastructure operations
• Systems administration
• Networking