Senior Manager of Infrastructure

Adecco

  • Abu Dhabi
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Senior Manager of Infrastructureind your next role with Adecco! We are the world's leading workforce solutions company, offering Flexible Placement, Permanent Placement, Executive Search, Emiratization, Outsourcing and Volume Hiring Services Across All Sectors.Adecco Middle East is seeking a seasoned Senior Manager of Infrastructure for a leading client in Abu Dhabi with a proven track record to oversee the implementation, plan, organize, and manage staff and overall operations to ensure the stable operation of the organisation's IT infrastructure Services. This leadership position requires a seasoned professional with a deep understanding of infrastructure, cloud technologies, and networks. The ideal candidate will drive innovation, ensure system reliability, scalability, and resilience and streamline processes to support our organizational objectives.Experience: Minimum 8 Years of relevant experienceJob Type: 6 months extended contract.Job Location: Abu Dhabi, UAENotice Period: 0 - 30 daysYour key responsibilities
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive infrastructure strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance 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 infrastructure, 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 post-production confirmation of successful implementation.
  • Manage the production support function including establishing procedures, monitoring, troubleshooting issues and escalation with vendors and internal teams.
  • Working with Application Operations, platform architects and the Microsoft Azure product group to understand business and technical needs
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or requested.
  • Ensure project governance is defined and maintained for infrastructure projects
  • Have the ability to present to senior business and IT management along with independently being able to produce presentations and other updates for senior level committee
  • Analyze and improve upon technology standards across the organization to maintain a technological and competitive edge within the market
  • Act as primary liaison for the company's technology vision via regular written and in-person communications with the organization's leadership and end users
  • Develop, track, and control the technical services annual operating and capital budgets
  • Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analysis for technology spending and initiatives
  • Define requirements for new technology implementations and communicate them to key business stakeholders
  • Ensure equipment and software operation adheres to established standards, applicable laws and regulations
  • Selecting and leading the project team and being able to independently do project planning, tracking, reporting, change management and risk assessment and control by applying the correct PM methodologies and tooling
  • He/she ensures that the program/project are delivered within the boundaries of time, cost & quality according to the customer's expectations and requirements
To qualify for the role, you must have.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering or computer science or equivalent experience preferred.
  • 4+ years' experience in IT management positions
  • 7+ years' experience managing Windows / Linux server & MS SQL Server database environments
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure technologies.
  • 5+ years' experience managing Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures - VMware/Azure/AWS/GCP
  • Experience with deploying and running W365.
  • Experience managing enterprise-scale identity and access management solutions such as Active Director and federation with 3rd-party 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 MS-SQL, My-SQL, 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.
  • Experience in creating disaster recovery plans for both on premise and cloud infrastructures.
Ideally, you'll also have
  • Excellent communication, conceptual, critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving abilities and organizational skills, Exceptional leadership skills to influence and drive multiple teams toward a common vision and roadmap
  • 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.
  • Strong analytical skills and a natural predisposition toward data-driven decision making
  • Demonstrated, strong business acumen
What we look forIf you are a performance-driven, 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 customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of our client community.

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