Infrastructure Architect - Remote - Octopus by RTG
At a glance
Mid-level Platform & Infrastructure role at robusta. Remote, Egypt.
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What you'll do
- Set infrastructure principles and standards, then use them to guide architecture across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments
- Shape compute, storage, network and connectivity designs, including capacity, performance and links between systems
- Plan for availability, recovery, continuity and resilience so enterprise applications and platforms have supporting infrastructure
- Review major project designs, find gaps against target architecture, and flag risks, dependencies and modernization needs
- Coordinate with security, network, cloud, DevOps and application teams while keeping architecture records and checking standards compliance
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in computing, information technology, engineering or a related discipline
- At least ten years in infrastructure, cloud, technology architecture or a related technical role
- Substantial infrastructure architecture work in large, complex enterprise settings
- Strong experience across cloud, on-premises and hybrid designs, including scalable infrastructure and recovery planning
Who this fits
This role suits a senior infrastructure architect comfortable setting technical direction and working across several technology teams. Banking or financial-services experience is preferred, and experience in a SAMA-regulated setting is an advantage. The role is remote and located in Cairo, Egypt.
From the employer
We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Architect for one of our clients to define and govern infrastructure architecture across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The role is responsible for designing scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient infrastructure solutions that support enterprise applications and platforms. The Infrastructure Architect will work closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application, and Technology teams to ensure infrastructure designs align with Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, business requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Define and maintain infrastructure architecture, standards, principles, and guidelines.
- Design cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
- Define compute, storage, network, and connectivity architecture.
- Define high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience architectures.
- Define infrastructure capacity, scalability, and performance requirements.
- Design infrastructure environments to support enterprise applications and platforms.
- Define infrastructure integration, connectivity, and communication requirements.
- Review and provide architecture recommendations for infrastructure designs and major projects.
- Assess current infrastructure against target architecture and identify gaps and modernization requirements.
- Identify infrastructure risks, dependencies, constraints, and potential impacts.
- Ensure infrastructure architecture supports business, application, security, and technology requirements.
- Work closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application, and Technology teams.
- Support infrastructure modernization, transformation, cloud adoption, and optimization initiatives.
- Maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, diagrams, standards, and decision records.
- Ensure compliance with approved Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, security requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of overall experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, Technology Architecture, or related technical roles.
- Significant experience in infrastructure architecture within large and complex enterprise environments.
- Experience in banking or financial services is highly preferred.
- Experience working in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
- Strong experience in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure architecture.
- Strong knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
- Strong experience designing high availability, disaster recovery, resilience, and scalable infrastructure solutions.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure security, connectivity, and integration requirements.
- Experience working with DevOps, Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, and Application teams.
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure standards, architecture governance, and technology lifecycle management.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architecture, or other recognized infrastructure/cloud certifications are preferred
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