Cloud Migration Engineer

Artificial Intelligence Global Company; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Artificial Intelligence Global Company is seeking an Infrastructure/Migration Engineer to support design, sizing, installation, and maintenance for on-prem and cloud environments across development, prototyping, testing, and production stages. The role includes virtualization, security configurations, patch management, and collaboration with security and network teams to address threats.

A minimum of 5 years in infrastructure design and deployment is required, with experience in AWS/Azure/GCP

Qualifications

• Academic: BSc in computer engineering or similar field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience involving infrastructure design and deployment for complex applications.
• Operating Systems: Experience in Windows and/or Linux (Ubuntu, Redhat, CentOS).
• Server Administration: Working knowledge in admin activities.
• Cybersecurity Controls: Experience with security tools and zero-trust concepts.
• Cloud platforms: Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Resource Management: Knowledge of Slurm, LSF, etc.
• Infrastructure Integration: Basic knowledge in BI/DSV infrastructure integration.

Responsibilities

• Size and plan infrastructure for on-prem and cloud environments for projects.
• Install, maintain, and support Windows Server and related services.
• Migrate applications from on-prem to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Administer and configure firewalls, VPNs, and security policies.
• Manage software deployment, patching, and updates.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot incidents, ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
• Enforce IT security best practices and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with security and network teams to address threats and vulnerabilities.
• Maintain detailed documentation of configurations and processes.
• Understand network protocols and server hardening techniques.
• Work with cross-functional delivery teams.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Group Policy

IIS

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

AWS

Azure

GCP

Cloud Migration

Cybersecurity

Firewalls/WAFs

Zero-Trust

F5

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Datadog

Grafana

Slurm

Education

BSc in computer engineering

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

F5

Terraform

Terragrunt

Ansible

Job description

Infrastructure/Migration Engineer works under Project Delivery organization with primary role to support infrastructure-related project activities from design to implementation. He/she will be responsible for sizing/planning, installation, maintenance, and support for On-Premise and Cloud environments. Infrastructures include development, prototyping, testing, training, and production environments as applicable for each project.

The support includes but not limited to virtualization, segmentation, and firewall / security configuration to ensure reliability, security, and optimized life-cycle performance necessary for installed solutions. Also, Infrastructure Engineer is expected to work with cross-functional delivery teams.

• Manage, configure, and maintain Windows Server environments (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, IIS).
• Assess existing on-premise application infrastructure and dependencies to determine cloud migration readiness, including servers, databases, storage, network, security, and application components.
• Participate in application migration planning and execution from on-premise environments to cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Perform patch management, vulnerability assessment, and remediation across servers
• Administer and configure firewalls, VPNs, and security policies to protect enterprise networks.
• Manage software deployment and updates
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot incidents, and ensure high availability and disaster
• recovery readiness.
• Implement and enforce IT security best practices, compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with security and network teams to address threats, alerts, and vulnerabilities
• Maintain detailed documentation for system configurations, processes, and troubleshooting
• steps.
• Understanding of network protocols, security principles, and server hardening techniques.
• Experience with backup/recovery solutions
• Responsible to maintain and monitor infrastructure health.
• Responsible to maintain and update IT security base line documents.
• Responsible for setting up Production, Development and QA environments.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Academic: BSc in computer engineering or similar field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 Years experience involving infrastructure design and deployment for complex applications.
• Operating Systems:
• Experience in Windows and/or Linux (tools like Ubuntu, Redhat, CentOS, etc.) server OS’s.
• Experienced in tools such as VMWare / Microsoft HyperV and KVM.
• Experienced in virtualization of network, data centers, and storage management.
• Server Administration: Working knowledge in admin activities such as below.
• Storage: Backup of data / recovery images, fault-tolerance, redundancy, etc.
• Performance monitoring with tools such as Datadog, Grafana/Prometheus, etc.
• Migration activities from/to virtualized platforms.
• Network Administration:
• Experience in Load Balancer (Traffic proxy/distribution) especially F5.
• Cybersecurity Controls:
• Experinced in security control tools such as XDR, Firewalls/WAFs, Micro Segmentation, Zero-Trust Framework, API Protection, Active Directory, penetration and hardening tests, etc)).
• Fundamental knowledge in OT cybersecurity architectures and layers especially DMZ and topology as per ISA95.
• cloud services, network architecture, data storage redundancy, availability, and recovery solutions.
• Practical experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP
• Resource Management/Scheduling systems:
• Knowledgeable about tools like Slurm (for Linux), LSF, etc.
• Infrastructure Integration
• Basic knowledge in BI/DSV infrastructure integration/configuration requirements
• Knowledgeable in dataflows/structures from/to historians such as PI.
• Knowledgeable in integration / configuration with SAP/ERPs.
• Working knowledge of decentralized architecture design patterns and distributed systems.
• Professional Certifications: Holds at least 1 Cybersecurity and 1 Virtualization certifications.
• Analytical Skills:
• Analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail. Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Communication Skills:
• Possesses excellent communication skills (strong English language)
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, leadership and presentation skills.
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.

Preferences

• Master’s degree is preferred.
• Holds project management certifications such as PMP
• Holds Azure/AWS/Google advanced certifications.
• Infrastructure-as-a-Code experience is a plus (e.g. Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, CDK, etc.)
• Scripting in Perl/Korn is a plus.
• Experience in data streaming (e.g. Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, AWS Kinesis, etc.) is preferred.