Infrastructure Architect - Remote - Octopus by RTG

Robusta; Saudi Arabia; Remote; SAR 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Robusta seeks a highly experienced Infrastructure Architect to define and govern architecture across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments. You will design scalable, secure, highly available solutions for enterprise apps, working with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, and Application teams to align with standards and regulatory needs.

The role requires 10+ years in infrastructure/technology architecture, deep cloud experience (Azure/AWS), and a proven ability to lead architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of overall experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, Technology Architecture, or related technical roles.
• Significant experience in infrastructure architecture within large and complex enterprise environments.
• Experience in banking or financial services is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong experience in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architecture.
• Strong knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Strong experience designing high availability, disaster recovery, resilience, and scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, connectivity, and integration requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture, standards, principles, and guidelines.
• Design cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
• Define compute, storage, network, and connectivity architecture.
• Define high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience architectures.
• Define infrastructure capacity, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Design infrastructure environments to support enterprise applications and platforms.
• Define infrastructure integration, connectivity, and communication requirements.
• Review and provide architecture recommendations for infrastructure designs and major projects.
• Assess current infrastructure against target architecture and identify gaps and modernization requirements.
• Identify infrastructure risks, dependencies, constraints, and potential impacts.
• Ensure infrastructure architecture supports business, application, security, and technology requirements.
• Work closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application, and Technology teams.
• Support infrastructure modernization, transformation, cloud adoption, and optimization initiatives.
• Maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, diagrams, standards, and decision records.
• Ensure compliance with approved Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, security requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Architect for one of our clients to define and govern infrastructure architecture across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The role is responsible for designing scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient infrastructure solutions that support enterprise applications and platforms. The Infrastructure Architect will work closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application, and Technology teams to ensure infrastructure designs align with Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, business requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture, standards, principles, and guidelines.
• Design cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
• Define compute, storage, network, and connectivity architecture.
• Define high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience architectures.
• Define infrastructure capacity, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Design infrastructure environments to support enterprise applications and platforms.
• Define infrastructure integration, connectivity, and communication requirements.
• Review and provide architecture recommendations for infrastructure designs and major projects.
• Assess current infrastructure against target architecture and identify gaps and modernization requirements.
• Identify infrastructure risks, dependencies, constraints, and potential impacts.
• Ensure infrastructure architecture supports business, application, security, and technology requirements.
• Work closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application, and Technology teams.
• Support infrastructure modernization, transformation, cloud adoption, and optimization initiatives.
• Maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, diagrams, standards, and decision records.
• Ensure compliance with approved Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, security requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of overall experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, Technology Architecture, or related technical roles.
• Significant experience in infrastructure architecture within large and complex enterprise environments.
• Experience in banking or financial services is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong experience in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architecture.
• Strong knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Strong experience designing high availability, disaster recovery, resilience, and scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, connectivity, and integration requirements.
• Experience working with DevOps, Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, and Application teams.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure standards, architecture governance, and technology lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architecture, or other recognized infrastructure/cloud certifications are preferred