IT Infrastructure Engineer

Hill International, Inc.; Dammam; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International in Saudi Arabia seeks a senior Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer to own the infrastructure domain across projects and provide technical leadership, design assurance, and vendor governance. The role demands independence to drive architectural decisions, ensure compliance with standards, and deliver complete, handover-ready infrastructure.

You will oversee design, implementation, validation, and handover across projects, coordinating with security and applications teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with strong experience in leading infrastructure delivery within complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Lead Infrastructure Authority for infrastructure within assigned projects.
• Own infrastructure-related decisions, validations, and outcomes.
• Lead the infrastructure scope across all project phases (design, implementation, validation, and closure).
• Review and approve architecture designs, HLDs, and LLDs.
• Ensure alignment between infrastructure, applications, and security domains.
• Validate readiness for system integrations and project dependencies.
• Ensure proper documentation and handover to operations.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Vendor governance

Design review

Independent decision-making

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

Network routing & switching

Security architecture

virtualization

Job description

Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer will be a key member of the IT Project Delivery team, responsible for owning the infrastructure domain across projects. This role represents a senior technical authority, accountable for ensuring that all infrastructure solutions are properly designed, validated, and delivered in line with organizational standards, project requirements, and governance frameworks. The candidate is expected to operate with a high level of independence, providing technical leadership, design assurance, and vendor control, while ensuring that all infrastructure deliverables are complete, compliant, and ready for handover.

Lead IT Infrastructure Engineer will be a key member of the IT Project Delivery team, responsible for owning the infrastructure domain across projects. This role represents a senior technical authority, accountable for ensuring that all infrastructure solutions are properly designed, validated, and delivered in line with organizational standards, project requirements, and governance frameworks. The candidate is expected to operate with a high level of independence, providing technical leadership, design assurance, and vendor control, while ensuring that all infrastructure deliverables are complete, compliant, and ready for handover.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Authority & Ownership
• Act as the lead authority for infrastructure within assigned projects.
• Own all infrastructure-related decisions, validations, and outcomes.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with business needs, technical standards, and long-term sustainability.
• Project Delivery Leadership
• Lead the infrastructure scope across all project phases (design, implementation, validation, and closure).
• Ensure delivery meets agreed timelines, milestones, and quality expectations.
• Proactively identify risks and enforce corrective actions.
• Vendor Governance & Control
• Take full ownership of technical engagement with vendors and system integrators.
• Review, challenge, and approve all vendor deliverables.
• Enforce accountability and ensure vendors meet contractual and technical obligations.
• Design Assurance & Governance
• Review and approve architecture designs, HLDs, and LLDs.
• Ensure consistency, completeness, and adherence to standards.
• Identify design gaps, conflicts, and risks, and drive resolution.
• Cross-Domain Coordination
• Ensure alignment between infrastructure, applications, and security domains.
• Validate readiness for system integrations and project dependencies.
• Handover & Delivery Closure
• Ensure all infrastructure deliverables are complete prior to handover.
• Validate readiness for transition to operations teams.
• Ensure proper documentation, knowledge transfer, and closure compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with strong experience in leading infrastructure delivery within complex projects.

Technical Expertise

• Deep experience in infrastructure technologies including: Network architecture (routing, switching, security); Systems, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure platforms
• Strong understanding of: Infrastructure design and architecture principles ; Integration dependencies across systems; Security and segmentation concepts

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven track record in owning infrastructure scope within large-scale projects.
• Strong experience in managing vendors and enforcing delivery quality.
• Ability to operate independently and drive outcomes.

Governance & Standards

• Extensive experience in design reviews, validation, and enforcing standards.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership presence and decision-making capability.
• Ability to challenge vendors and stakeholders constructively.
• High accountability and ownership mindset.

Preferred

• Experience in large-scale or critical infrastructure environments.

About Us

Hill International, with more than 4,400+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com .

Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com .

Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Note: This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role mentioned in the job title. Various other duties as required.