Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Specialist - 2 Months

Arab Solutions; Qatar; On-site; QAR 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Arab Solutions is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Specialist in Qatar for a 2-month engagement. The role requires 6–8 years in IT infrastructure, cloud technologies, or DevOps, with at least 3 years on Azure and Azure DevOps.

You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, migrate sources to Azure DevOps, automate deployments across environments, and improve Azure infrastructure security and governance. A strong emphasis on automation and security is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Preferred Azure-related certifications AZ-104 / AZ-305 / AZ-400.
• DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation certifications are a plus.
• Minimum 6–8 years in IT infrastructure, cloud technologies, or DevOps engineering.
• At least 3 years hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and centralized repositories.

Responsibilities

• Establish and optimize Azure DevOps environment (organization/project, access, service connections, repositories).
• Design, configure, and implement CI/CD pipelines across environments; replace manual FTP deployments with automated processes.
• Implement DevOps security, governance, and templates; collaborate with InfoSec for approvals and secrets management.
• Document setup and provide training to internal IT teams.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD pipelines

IaC (Terraform/Bicep)

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Security & Governance

RBAC

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Terraform / Bicep / ARM Templates

Azure App Service

Azure Networking

Key Vault

Azure Monitor

Azure CLI

Job description

Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Specialist

Experience: 6-8 Years

Location: Qatar

Duration 2 Months

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Certifications: Microsoft Azure AZ-104 / AZ-305 / AZ-400

Additional Certifications in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation are advantage

.Mandatory Experience:

Minimum 6-8 Years in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Technologies, or DevOps Engineering.

At least 3 Years hands-on with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps.Proven experience designing, configuring, and implementing CI/CD pipelines and centralized source code repositories.Practical experience migrating application source code from existing repositories / local environments to Azure DevOps.

Experience automating application deployments across Development, Staging, Pre-Production, and Production.

Experience managing and enhancing enterprise Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

Job Specific Skills (Mandatory):

Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps - Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Service Connections, Access Management, Project Configuration.

Hands-on with Git, Source Code Migration, Branching Strategies, Pull Requests, Repository Governance.Strong experience in YAML-based CI/CD Pipelines and Deployment Automation.

Knowledge of Azure App Service, Azure Networking, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, IAM.Experience transitioning Manual FTP deployments to Automated Secure CI/CD.Proficiency in PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform / Bicep / ARM Templates (IaC).DevOps Security - Secrets Management, Deployment Approvals, RBAC.Azure Cloud Architecture, Governance, Security, Monitoring, Cost Optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

• 1. Azure DevOps Establishment:Design and establish Azure DevOps environment - Organization/Project structure, Access Model, Service Connections, Integration with existing Azure environment.Migrate existing application source code and libraries to managed Azure DevOps.Establish centralized repositories with access controls, ownership, version control, branching strategy, and auditability.Design, configure, and implement CI/CD pipelines for existing applications across all environments.Replace existing manual FTP-based deployments with secure, automated, controlled processes.
• 2. Security & Governance:Implement DevOps security and governance controls with InfoSec team - secrets and credentials management, deployment approvals, secure service connections.Establish standardized and reusable CI/CD pipeline templates for future onboarding.
• 3. Azure Cloud Infrastructure:Review existing Azure infrastructure and recommend improvements aligned with architecture, security, and operations.Support Azure infrastructure configuration, administration, automation, and optimization.Assist with improvements to Azure networking, connectivity, IAM, security, monitoring, governance.Identify opportunities for improving performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational reliability.
• 4. Documentation & Coordination:Coordinate with App Dev, Infrastructure, and Information Security teams.Document complete DevOps setup, deployment configurations, SOPs, and provide KT and hands-on training to internal IT team.