Assistant Manager - Asset Infrastructure Design

Qiddiya; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya seeks an Assistant Manager – Asset Infrastructure Design to design, plan, and deliver enterprise IT infrastructure aligned with business goals. Lead vendor coordination, drive security compliance, and contribute to IT strategy and digital transformation.

You will manage infrastructure projects, plan scalable assets, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure operational readiness, continuous improvement, and reliable performance across environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and delivering IT infrastructure solutions.
• Strong networking, compute and storage fundamentals.
• Security and regulatory compliance awareness.
• Ability to coordinate with vendors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead vendor implementation activities, ensuring scope, quality, timelines and security policies.
• Review infrastructure designs and provide technical guidance.
• Explore emerging technologies and contribute to IT strategy.
• Act as Technical Project Manager for infrastructure initiatives.
• Support planning and implementation of IT assets for scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and report progress.
• Identify technical risks and ensure cybersecurity compliance with policies.
• Prepare technical documentation and governance updates.
• Ensure production handover and operational readiness.
• Monitor performance and recommend optimizations to improve availability and efficiency.

Skills

Networking

Compute

Storage

Visualization

Security

ELV/ICT

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

Assistant Manager – Asset Infrastructure Design is responsible for designing, planning, and delivering enterprise IT infrastructure solutions that support business objectives. The role leads technical coordination with vendors and stakeholders, ensuring infrastructure projects are delivered securely, efficiently, and in compliance with organizational standards. It also drives continuous improvement by evaluating emerging technologies and contributing to infrastructure strategy and operational excellence.

• Vendor Management & Delivery Governance: Lead and govern vendor implementation activities, ensuring compliance with project scope, quality standards, timelines, security policies, and organizational governance requirements.
• Infrastructure Design & Technical Solutions: Review and validate infrastructure designs, provide technical guidance, resolve installation and design challenges, and ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and business requirements.
• Technology Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Research emerging technologies, evaluate industry best practices, recommend infrastructure enhancements, and contribute to the organization's IT strategy and digital transformation initiatives.
• Technical Project Management (TPM): Act as the Technical Project Manager for assigned infrastructure initiatives, coordinating between internal stakeholders, business units, consultants, vendors, and asset contractors to ensure successful project delivery.
• Asset Infrastructure Planning: Support the planning, design, and implementation of IT infrastructure assets, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and future business readiness.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, project managers, architects, and business owners to gather requirements, communicate project progress, and manage technical expectations.
• Risk, Security & Compliance: Identify technical risks, ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements, and implement mitigation plans throughout project delivery.
• Project Governance & Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation, design standards, implementation plans, project reports, and governance updates while ensuring proper change management and knowledge transfer.
• Operational Readiness & Handover: Ensure infrastructure solutions are fully tested, documented, and operationally ready before production handover, supporting smooth transition to operations and support teams.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor infrastructure performance, identify optimization opportunities, and recommend improvements to enhance availability, resilience, and operational efficiency.

Experience: 4+ years in infrastructure implementation, and management, including ELV

Skills: basic knowledge on Networking, Compute, storage, visualization, security, ELV / ICT, problem-solving, and communication.

Attributes: Analytical, adaptable, collaborative, and able to work independently.