ICT & Data Center Infrastructure Management Professional | DWT Technology | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

DWT Technology; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

DWT Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks an ICT & Data Center Infrastructure Management leader with 12–15 years in large-scale data centers. You will oversee facilities, power, cooling, compute, storage, virtualization, and backups to ensure reliability and performance across enterprise hosting platforms.

The role emphasizes incident resolution, capacity planning, and cross-functional coordination with engineering and executive teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of professional experience in ICT Infrastructure and Data Center Operations.
• Strong knowledge of data center physical facilities, power, cooling, compute, storage, and virtualization.
• Proven expertise in capacity planning, high-availability architecture, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Experience supporting large-scale or city-wide enterprise ICT environments.
• Excellent analytical, risk management, and communication abilities.
• Residency/work authorization to operate on-site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities

• Manage mission-critical data center facilities and hosting environments, including power, cooling, and physical infrastructure.
• Oversee enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, and backup infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance across all systems.
• Monitor resource capacity and ensure infrastructure is sized for future demand.
• Coordinate maintenance routines and vendor technical support activities.
• Lead incident resolution, capacity planning, and infrastructure optimization.
• Drive troubleshooting across hardware, networking, and virtualization layers.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and leadership teams.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and data governance policies.
• Produce operational reports, capacity forecasts, and runbooks.

Skills

Capacity planning

High availability

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional coordination

Data center operations

Infrastructure lifecycle

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Computer Engineering

Job description

Position Summary:

We are seeking an exceptionally skilled and experienced ICT & Data Center Infrastructure Management professional to join DWT Technology on a full-time, on-site basis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this critical infrastructure leadership role, you will be responsible for managing mission-critical data center facilities, hosting environments, compute, storage, virtualization, and backup systems supporting city-wide digital operations. The ideal candidate will bring 12 to 15 years of professional experience in ICT infrastructure and large-scale data center operations, deep technical proficiency in physical and virtual systems, and robust capacity planning expertise. If you possess a distinguished background in managing large-scale enterprise data centers, we invite you to apply.

Detailed Job Description:

As an ICT & Data Center Infrastructure Management professional at DWT Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, you will serve as the principal technical authority responsible for ensuring the absolute reliability, high availability, and optimal performance of enterprise-scale hosting platforms. Your daily responsibilities will encompass managing data center facilities, power, cooling, and physical infrastructure, overseeing compute, virtualization, and backup systems, monitoring capacity demands, and coordinating maintenance and technical support activities. You will lead incident resolution, infrastructure optimization, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination across city-wide digital environments. Candidates are required to submit their updated resume via email to Hafiz at `[e-mail]`.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage mission-critical data center facilities and hosting environments, including power, cooling, and physical infrastructure.
• Oversee enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, and backup infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure uncompromising high availability, reliability, operational stability, and performance across all infrastructure systems.
• Monitor resource capacity continuously and ensure infrastructure is appropriately sized for current and future operational demand.
• Coordinate complex infrastructure operations, preventive maintenance routines, and vendor technical support activities.
• Support strategic capacity planning, rapid incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and infrastructure optimization.
• Drive rigorous technical troubleshooting across complex hardware, networking, and virtualization layers.
• Facilitate seamless cross-functional stakeholder coordination with engineering, operations, and executive leadership teams.
• Ensure strict adherence to enterprise security standards, data governance policies, and operational compliance.
• Author comprehensive operational reports, capacity forecasting models, and infrastructure management runbooks.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of professional experience in ICT Infrastructure and Data Center Operations.
• Strong comprehensive knowledge of data center physical facilities, power, cooling, compute, storage, and virtualization.
• Proven expertise in capacity planning, high-availability architecture, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong technical troubleshooting capabilities and cross-functional stakeholder coordination skills.
• Prior professional background supporting large-scale or city-wide enterprise ICT environments.
• Outstanding analytical problem-solving, risk management, and communication abilities.
• Mandatory residency/work authorization: Ability to operate on-site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Professional certifications such as CDCP (Certified Data Center Professional), CDCS, ITIL Expert, or AWS/Azure Solutions Architect.
• Prior experience managing smart city infrastructure or large-scale utility data center deployments.
• Familiarity with green data center initiatives and energy-efficiency optimization.
• Immediate availability for on-site mobilization in Riyadh.

Application Information:

• Recruiter: DWT Technology
• Contact Name: Hafiz
• Email: [e-mail]
• Phone:
• Application URL:
• Salary/Rate: Competitive market rate
• Deadline: Immediate
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days
• Contract Duration: Full Time / Permanent (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Recruitment Pro Tip:

When applying for this ICT & Data Center Infrastructure Management position with DWT Technology, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your 12–15 years of data center operations experience, your capacity planning portfolio, and your background managing large-scale infrastructure environments.