Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer📣 إعلان

منذ ساعتين تقريبا

	نوع العقد	دوام كامل
	طبيعة الوظيفة	بالموقع
	الموقع	الرياض

وصف الوظيفة

About the Role

Astek Middle East is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves managing and supporting a complex hybrid infrastructure environment, encompassing servers, virtualization, networking, cloud platforms, security controls, and on-premises infrastructure. The successful candidate will work independently to troubleshoot technical issues, identify operational and security gaps, and recommend improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and support physical and virtual Windows and/or Linux server environments, virtualization, storage, and backup infrastructure.
Operate and maintain hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure to ensure availability, performance, and capacity.
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise networks, including switches, access points, VLANs, routing, and wireless connectivity.
Support firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and network-security solutions.
Provide advanced operational support for Cisco ISE, CCTV, and related on-premises infrastructure.
Monitor infrastructure health and proactively resolve performance, availability, and security issues.
Lead the resolution of complex infrastructure incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
Implement infrastructure hardening, cybersecurity controls, vulnerability remediation, and patching requirements.
Assess existing infrastructure to identify operational, network, and security gaps.
Recommend improvements to enhance availability, resilience, performance, and security.
Maintain infrastructure diagrams, configuration records, SOPs, and recovery documentation.
Support backup, restoration, business continuity, and disaster recovery activities.
Coordinate with cloud providers, telecommunications providers, and technology vendors.
Participate in infrastructure projects and technical change-management activities.
Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field.
5-10 years of strong hands-on experience with hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Strong Windows and/or Linux administration and virtualization experience.
Solid knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, switching, and wireless networks.
Hands-on experience with enterprise firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and network-security solutions.
Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or equivalent cloud platforms.
Experience implementing cybersecurity, hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and root-cause analysis capabilities.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple operational priorities.
Strong documentation, stakeholder-management, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, AWS, Azure, or cybersecurity certification.
Hands-on experience with Cisco ISE and CCTV infrastructure.
Experience with infrastructure monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery solutions.
ITIL certification or strong knowledge of IT service-management practices.
Experience supporting government, critical infrastructure, or large enterprise environments.
For Lead-level consideration (9+ years of experience): experience acting as a technical escalation point, leading major incidents, defining infrastructure standards or roadmaps, and driving infrastructure improvement initiatives.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requiring an individual capable of independent work within a complex technical environment.