Director Infrastructure and DevOps - Injazat

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive infrastructure strategy aligned with business goals.
• Oversee the design implementation and maintenance of scalable secure and highperformance infrastructure.
• Plan direct and manage the operation of systems and network infrastructure. Including Windows and Linux servers application servers database servers file and print servers backup services hosted email and gateways DNS DHCP and Active Directory.
• Manage and maintain the enterprise storage and Storage Area Network (SAN) environment including troubleshooting performance planning capacity and continuity planning.
• Maintain the enterprise virtualization environment (VMware) including troubleshooting performance monitoring and optimization capacity high availability and continuity planning.
• Maintain Disaster Recovery infrastructure and documentation ensuring systems and applications are adequately protected according to their SLAs.
• Schedule run and report on Annual Disaster Recovery tests.
• Manage and oversee the planning design implementation and documentation of all new infrastructure projects and upgrades to existing infrastructure.
• Provide regular project status updates on schedule budget and deliverables in Project Steering Committee meetings
• Develop standards and operational procedures that support current and future operational needs.
• Develop and implement departmental metrics and uptime statistics. Ensure timely resolution of service incidents and completion of service requests.
• Develop and implement IT Change Management procedures. Manage and oversee the planning and deployment of updates to production applications and postproduction confirmation of successful implementation.
• Manage the production support function including establishing procedures monitoring troubleshooting issues and escalation with vendors and internal teams.
• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps support engineers fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement.
• Drive the adoption of DevOps best practices to enhance development pipelines automation and release management
• Containerization technologies (e.g. Docker LXC Rocket
• Working with Application Operations platform architects and the Microsoft Azure product group to understand business and technical needs
• Implement the DevOps roadmap and measure success via key performance indicators agreed with other Engineering Managers
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required assigned or requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer engineering or computer science or equivalent experience preferred
• Proven experience in a leadership role overseeing infrastructure and DevOps functions.
• 7 years experience in IT management positions
• 7 years experience managing Windows / Linux server & MS SQL Server database environments
• Indepth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) and infrastructure technologies.
• 5 years experience managing Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures VMware/Azure/AWS/GCP
• Experience managing enterprisescale identity and access management solutions such as Active Director and federation with 3rdparty IAM for Single Sign on inclusive of multifactor authentication.
• 10 years experience and understanding of virtualization platforms and technologies
• Proven experience in developing an infrastructure strategy and executing infrastructure change management principles
• Experience with modern networking / firewall and storage technologies such as Cisco Palo Alto or similar NetApp Clustered Ontap or similar
• Experience with managing infrastructure for SQL and SQL Database platforms such as MSSQL MySQL MongoDB or similar
• Experience establishing and managing SOC and NOC standards policies and operating procedures
• Experience in creating disaster recovery plans for both on premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Strong background in implementing and managing DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
• 6 years of experience in supporting DevOps environments
• Excellent communication conceptual critical thinking analytical problemsolving abilities and organizational skills
• Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate direction in support of our business
• Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Familiarity with security best practices and compliance standards.
• Excellent leadership communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to align technology initiatives with business objectives and drive organizational change.

If you are a performancedriven inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customercentric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Core42 community.

Culture: An open diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on groundbreaking industryfirst innovations.

Career: Outstanding learning development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative hightech projects.

WorkLife: A hybrid work policy to strike the perfect balance between office and home.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare education support leave benefits and more.