4 Infrastructure Architect jobs in Qatar

We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Infrastructure Architect to lead the design, implementation, and management of cloud solutions built exclusively on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in Azure services and infrastructure, with the ability to align cloud strategies with business objectives. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud environments while adhering to industry best practices and standards.

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Key Responsibilities:

1.   Cloud Infrastructure Design:

· Architect and implement enterprise-grade Azure cloud infrastructure solutions to support business applications and workloads.

· Develop high-level and detailed Azure architecture blueprints for hybrid and cloud-native environments.

· Identify and recommend Azure tools, services, and methodologies to optimize operations.

2.   Cloud Deployment and Operations:

· Lead cloud migration efforts, transitioning on-premises systems and applications to Azure.

· Design and manage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions on Azure.

· Automate infrastructure provisioning using Azure DevOps, Terraform, or ARM templates.

3.   Security and Compliance:

· Implement Azure security best practices, including network security, data encryption, and access management.

· Monitor and ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards, such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or GDPR.

· Manage identity and access control using Azure AD and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).

4.   Monitoring and Optimization:

· Set up Azure monitoring and logging systems using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.

· Continuously evaluate and optimize performance, reliability, and cost of Azure resources.

· Establish disaster recovery and backup strategies using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.

5.   Collaboration and Leadership:

· Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for Azure infrastructure and provide technical guidance to teams and stakeholders.

· Work closely with DevOps, engineering, and IT teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions.

· Deliver technical presentations and documentation for cloud strategies and solutions.

Required Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

· 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, with at least 3 years focused on Azure solutions.

· Strong expertise in Azure services such as Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure Networking, and Azure Active Directory.

· Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep.

· Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python.

· Strong knowledge of Azure networking (VNets, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Load Balancers, etc.).

· Experience with security and compliance standards, including Azure Policy and Azure Sentinel.

Preferred Skills:

•   Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent certifications.

•   Familiarity with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container orchestration.

•   Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.

•   Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: QAR18, QAR19,400.00 per month

Experience:

• Azure infrastructure: 5 years (Preferred)
• Azure solutions: 3 years (Preferred)
• Azure Active Directory: 3 years (Preferred)
• PowerShell or Python: 2 years (Preferred)

Location

Doha, Qatar

Experience

8

Job Type

Outsourcing

Job Description

Enterprise Architecture Specialist (EA)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Contributes and facilitate the Implementation of enterprise-wide architecture and processes that ensures that the strategic application of change is embedded in the management of the organization, ensuring buy-in of all stakeholders. Facilitate analysis of compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards, practices and KPI activities. Facilitates and participates in the creation and review of a systems capability strategy in order to meet the business strategic requirements.

Safety Health & Environment

• Ensure all activities are undertaken in compliance with Company Safety, Health and Environment and Quality policies, regulations and standards.

Qatarization Program

• Contribute to the development of Qatari employees. This accountability is a condition of employment for expatriate employees.

Firewall Compliance

Ensure all activities undertaken comply with anti – trust and competition laws and the Company firewall policies and procedures.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Independently design or refine architectures in specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas, using appropriate tools and methods.
• Effectively communicate complex architectural ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of cloud and on-premise systems to create more robust and efficient specification.
• Supports a change program or project through the preparation of technical plans and design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).
• Set standards and guide in quality reviews of solution architecture components.
• Conducts formal reviews and evaluations when projects and program end. Documents and socializes the lessons learned from the architecture development.
• Conducts and make useful contributions to technical brainstorming sessions.
• Identifies R&D topics and gain knowledge and understanding of the research field being studied and share it with team
• Identifies R&D topics and gain knowledge and understanding of the research field being studied and share it with team.

• Provides advice, both reactively and pro-actively, to those engaged in activities where the technical specialism is applicable both to IT staff and those in related areas such as budgetary and financial planning, litigation, legislation, and health and safety.

• Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree level or holds a relevant professional qualification or relevant experience (typically at least 8 years) in a techno management IT and / or business architecture role with a widespread knowledge of IT.
• May have a postgraduate qualification such as an MSc, MBA, or other appropriate business, engineering, scientific or industry qualification.
• Architecture qualification like TOGAF/ Zachman is mandatory.
• Qualification on project management methodologies like PMP from PMI, Prince2 from BCS is desirable.

Knowledge and/or Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in communicating with stakeholders at all levels, singly and in groups.
• Experience with the systems development lifecycle and typical problems associated with the implementation and operation of information systems and has an appreciation of both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Is aware of the IT infrastructure and software development and maintenance methods, tools and techniques.
• Experience with the organization's IT strategy, policies and standards, and any industry regulations/constraints.
• Is aware of risk management, change management, configuration management, reliability and safety methods and the use of metrics.
• Experience in setting and applying specific quality standards to all tasks undertaken to ensure that deliverables are accurate and complete.
• Demonstrates high standards of professional behavior in dealings with clients, colleagues and staff.
• Has in depth knowledge of more than one specific area and a broad understanding across a wide field along with a record of applying such knowledge successfully in a variety of situations. Possesses strong inter-personal skills, especially in handling contacts of all types and at all levels.

Technical and Business Skills:

• Good working experience in Finance and Supply tools like SAP and in Project Management tools like EPM, MS Projects etc.
• Communicates well, both orally and in writing, and has the skill to influence through persuasion in a formal context. Has a good overall knowledge of wide areas of information systems practice and applications.
• Applying standards, practices, codes, and assessment and certification programs relevant to the IT industry and the specific organization or business domain
• Management or professional responsibility and has received training in data and business analysis methods and techniques.
• Demonstrates high standards of professional behavior in dealings with clients, colleagues and staff
• Has achieved proficiency in systems Development, User Experience or Business analysis OR has gained substantial practical experience in programming, creating graphic layouts and designs and using different methods to articulate data and insight.
  Can facilitate the analysis and re-design of business processes, and articulate potential changes to business processes clearly, both orally and in writing. Can evaluate new ideas and opportunities objectively.

Knowledge Knowledge Depth:

• Applying automated systems to support specific business functions or processes and operational support systems. A DevOps approach may be taken where development and operational staff work together. Examples, but not limited to: enterprise resource planning and email services.

Database Software

• Aware of Software which enables the user to capture, create, populate and manipulate data structures and where appropriate unstructured data. Examples, but not limited to: MongoDB and NoSQL.

Infrastructure Architecture

• Proficient The frameworks and principles on which networks, systems, equipment and resources are based both on premises and cloud based. Examples, but not limited to: Azure,GCP and VMWare. Conceptual models/standards Examples, but not limited to: SOA and ISO standards.

National/International Standards

• Current and emerging standards associated with IT practice nationally and internationally, published by authorities such as IEEE, IEC, BSI, ISO. Examples such as, but not limited to: IEEE 802 (local area networks and metropolitan area networks) and ISO2000 (service management).

Operational/Service Architecture

• Knowledge of the IT/IS and the IT applications and service processes used within own organization, including those associated with sustainability and efficiency (examples, but not limited to: virtualization and on demand services).
• The business environment relating to own sphere of work (own organization and/or closely associated organizations, such as customers, suppliers, partners and competitors), in particular those aspects of the business that the specialism is to support (i.e. localized organizational awareness from a technical perspective).
• Aware of The analytical comparison of IT products against specified criteria (including costs) to determine the solution which best meets the business need.

Cloud/ Virtualization

• Aware of The principles and application of cloud/ virtualization (including ownership, responsibilities and security implications).
• Use of tools and systems to manage virtualized environments. Examples, but not limited to: Server/desktop virtualization and SDDC (Software Defined Data Centre).
• Principles and practice of good sustainable, secure, maintainable and efficient system design. Examples, but not limited to, pattern recognition and closed loop strategies. Together with standard industry design approaches. Examples, but not limited to: loose-coupling and good interfaces/APIs. Understanding the importance of adhering to design principles during infrastructure development, taking into account all relevant non-functional requirements in order to assure smooth running of the service in live operation.
• Aware of Performing a proof of concept or prototyping exercise to demonstrate or evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of applying a particular technological business change in order to meet a business need.Aware of Techniques for the systematic design, running, analysis and reporting of results of experiments to discover a new understanding of some aspect of IT.

Behavioral Competencies:

• SHE Understanding and Job Knowledge
• Quality/Quantity of Work
• Ethics and Integrity
• Planning and Organizing
• Trust and Empowerment
• Initiative/Commitment
• Teamwork/Supporting Others
• Interpersonal Skills and Service Orientation
• Communication and Information Sharing
• Innovation and Problem Solving
• Supervising and Coaching Others

Skills

Information Technology, Cco, Energy, Clo, Cro, Business Analysis, Supporting Others, Vmware, Service Orientation, Prototyping, Prince, Prince2, Mba, Devops, Azure, Vat, Ms Project, Erp, Ned, Mongodb, Nosql, Risk Management, Brainstorming, Togaf, Business Skill, Accountability, Teamwork, Oop, Insight, Interpersonal Skill, Data Structures, Scala, Compliance, R&d, Financial Planning, Aris, Virtualization, Change Management, Zachman, Sustainability, Methodologies, Configuration Management, Problem Solving, Aws, Sap, Planning And Organizing, Supervising, Soa, Sql, Design Principles, Project Management, Interpersonal Skills, Software Development

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced
Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) – Data
to join our Customer Success Unit. This individual contributor role is pivotal in driving customer transformation through data and AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. As a CSA, you will lead technical engagements, shape data strategies, and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient architectures that unlock business value.

You'll work closely with enterprise customers, engineering teams, and internal stakeholders to accelerate adoption of Azure Data services, including Databricks, Fabric, Cosmos DB, and Azure AI.

Responsibilities

• Customer Engagement & Strategy

• Lead deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, enterprise architects, and data engineers.

• Understand customer business priorities and design data solutions that drive measurable outcomes

• Technical Leadership

• Own technical delivery across design, build, and operations phases for Azure Data workloads.

• Guide customers through proof-of-concepts, pilots, and production deployments using services like Azure Databricks, Fabric, Microsoft Purview, Azure SQL, Postgres, and AI

• Solution Design & Optimization

• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency standards.

• Apply frameworks like CAF and WAF to ensure enterprise-grade architecture

• Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with CSAMs, Customer Engineers, and Product Groups to drive unified delivery and unblock technical challenges.

• Contribute to reusable IP and delivery frameworks that scale across engagements

• Skilling & Enablement

• Stay current with certifications and technical intensity programs in Azure Data & AI.

• Mentor junior architects and contribute to community calls and skilling initiatives

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Substantial experience in cloud technologies, data architecture, or IT consulting.
• Proven success in customer-facing roles leading technical engagements and deployments
• Expertise in Azure Data services (Databricks, Fabric, Cosmos DB, Purview, Databases), data governance, and AI integration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Experience with hybrid data architectures, data resiliency, and unified delivery models
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to influence across technical and business domains.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.