Tiger Recruitment
Lead Infrastructure and Cloud Architect
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 15/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
31/08/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Job description
A hybrid infrastructure spanning Microsoft Azure, AWS, and on-premise systems needs a technical lead who can keep it scalable, reliable, secure, cost-efficient, and resilient, and that is the mandate behind this role at a utility-scale organisation in Abu Dhabi. Working closely with senior IT and infrastructure leadership, you will play a key role in delivering the hybrid-cloud strategy across Azure and AWS while keeping application performance steady across legacy and cloud-native environments alike. Azure cloud management sits at the core of the work, covering Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, Azure Monitor, ExpressRoute, and Azure DevOps, alongside migration strategies executed through Azure Migrate. Cost optimisation runs through right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, auto-scaling, and resource tagging, paired with governance covering provisioning, monitoring, capacity management, and decommissioning. On-premise and hybrid infrastructure, from servers and storage through virtualisation, networks, and data-centre environments, falls under the same leadership, with proactive monitoring built through Azure Monitor and third-party platforms. Security work spans identity and access controls, encryption, network security, and cloud governance frameworks such as AWS Control Tower, Azure Policy, IAM, and Network Security Groups, done in partnership with cybersecurity teams to meet regulatory requirements. Infrastructure-as-Code and automation through Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure ARM/Bicep drive much of the modernisation effort, and AI/ML capabilities get applied where they can improve monitoring, anomaly detection, and operational efficiency. Leading and developing the cloud and infrastructure team rounds out the position, alongside managing vendor relationships and reporting on infrastructure performance to senior management.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead the management and optimisation of Azure cloud infrastructure for scalability, availability, performance, and cost efficiency
- Execute cloud migration strategies for on-premise workloads into Azure using Azure Migrate and associated tooling
- Manage key Azure services including Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, AKS, Azure AD/Entra ID, Monitor, ExpressRoute, and Azure DevOps
- Drive cloud cost optimisation through right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, auto-scaling, and resource tagging
- Establish cloud resource governance covering provisioning, monitoring, capacity management, and decommissioning
- Maintain secure, reliable hybrid connectivity between on-premise infrastructure and AWS/Azure environments
- Oversee on-premise and hybrid infrastructure across servers, storage, virtualisation, networks, and data-centre environments
- Ensure high availability, reliability, security, and performance across infrastructure services
- Build proactive infrastructure monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor and third-party platforms
- Plan infrastructure capacity to meet current and future business requirements
- Coordinate patching, vulnerability remediation, and infrastructure maintenance
- Develop disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities, including Azure Site Recovery
- Implement cloud and infrastructure security controls across Azure and AWS environments
- Administer identity and access controls, encryption, network security, and cloud security policies
- Apply cloud governance frameworks such as AWS Control Tower, Azure Policy, IAM, and NSGs
- Partner with cybersecurity teams to meet regulatory and organisational security requirements
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure ARM/Bicep
- Use AI/ML and cloud-native AI capabilities to improve monitoring, anomaly detection, and operational efficiency
- Contribute to cloud strategy and infrastructure roadmaps aligned with digital transformation objectives
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, with a Master's degree desired
- Bring a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure, enterprise infrastructure, or IT architecture, with 12 years desired
- Show Advanced to Expert-level technical competency across core infrastructure and cloud disciplines
- Carry strong enterprise experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS, particularly in hybrid cloud environments
- Demonstrate proven experience in cloud migration, infrastructure operations, security, governance, monitoring, capacity planning, and disaster recovery
- Apply strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or CloudFormation
- Manage cloud costs through FinOps and cost optimisation practices
- Work with senior stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional technology teams
- Provide demonstrated technical leadership and people-management capability
- Pursue relevant professional certifications in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, considered desirable
- Draw on experience within a large-scale, regulated, utility, energy, or critical-infrastructure environment, considered desirable