Infrastructure Manager

Location: Riyadh· Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are hiring an Infrastructure Manager to own the reliability, security and scalability of our on-premise, cloud and network environments. You will lead a team of systems, network and cloud engineers, set the infrastructure roadmap, and make sure the business runs on stable, secure and cost-efficient technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and manage the infrastructure team (systems, network, cloud and DevOps engineers).

• Own the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, aligned with business and growth plans.

• Manage cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP) including architecture, migration, cost optimisation and governance.

• Oversee servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, firewalls, VPN and data centre or hybrid environments.

• Ensure high availability, performance monitoring, capacity planning and incident response, with defined SLAs and uptime targets.

• Design and test backup, disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

• Work with security teams to enforce access control, patching, vulnerability management and compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2 or local regulatory standards).

• Drive automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD practices.

• Manage vendors, contracts, licences and the infrastructure budget.

• Maintain documentation, runbooks and change management processes (ITIL-aligned).

• Report on infrastructure KPIs, risks and project status to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years in infrastructure, systems or network engineering, including 2+ years in a people-management role.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform and with virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V) and Linux/Windows Server.

• Strong knowledge of networking (LAN/WAN, DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing).

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Zabbix or similar).

• Proven track record in DR planning, security hardening and incident management.

• Strong vendor, budget and stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent communication in English; additional languages are a plus.

Nice to Have

• Certifications: AWS/Azure/GCP Architect, CCNP, ITIL, CISSP, Kubernetes (CKA).

• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Background in fintech, SaaS or other regulated, high-availability environments.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits.

• Leadership role with real ownership of the technology platform

• Professional development and certification support