Description
Contract Infrastructure Architect - AED 25k - 35k per/month - Long term contract
Dubai
Are you looking to gain commercial exposure to an international client? An opportunity to work for one of the most prestigious organisations in the world based in Dubai has arisen for a Solutions Architect to work on a long-term contract basis.
Required Experience
*Networks (Cisco, Juniper)
*Load balancer (Citrix, F5)
*Cloud (IaaS, PaaS)
*Servers and virtualization
*Storage and Backups
*Network Security
Main Responsibilities:
*Working with the business units to design Infrastructure technology solutions to meet their application requirements, analysing and improving IT services, reducing operational costs, and reviewing and providing recommendations on new technology.
*Staying up to date with new Infrastructure technologies and products (in the areas of Networking, Storage, Servers, Backups, etc.) and looking for ways to leverage these for improving efficiency, reducing IT spending, and increasing productivity.
*Adhere and defining technology roadmaps based on business needs and vendor technology enhancements.
*Evaluating new technologies and provide recommendation to management including planning and execution of POC activities.
*Ability to provide technical infrastructure system solutions, determine overall design direction and provide hardware recommendations for complex technical issues.
*Understanding of ITIL Framework.
*Ability to deliver architectural artefacts such as: reference architectures, high-level design, conceptual diagrams for Infrastructure.
*Work closely with other architects within the team to ensure alignment with key strategies and architectures.
Minimum Qualifications:
*Comprehensive understanding of infrastructure technologies including server hardware, OS, networking, storage, backup, and application functionality
*Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical decision making skills
*Excellent communications skills with the ability to articulate business requirements into technology solutions
*Strong IT Infrastructure technology experience in Datacenters, Servers, storage, OS, Networking and foundation services
*Vendor and industry accreditations (eg Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper, etc.)
*Understanding of ITIL Framework.
*Understanding of TOGAF Framework.
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT industry. We are keen to build strong relationships with IT consultants based on providing a transparent and supportive service. Now in our 20th year we pay promptly and are a stable contracting partner in good financial health. Deerfoot IT: Est. 1997. REC member. ISO certified..Each time we send a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation (charity no. ). We never send your CV without your email authorisation.
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