Our mission is to be the preferred IT Services and Solutions provider in the Middle East and North Africa.
For our employees, this means working in a team committed to service excellence and continual innovation in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
We’re looking for passionate, self-motivated, and creative team players who want to work hard and be rewarded. If this sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you. If you have any inquiries, please contact
WHAT CAN MEEZA OFFER YOU?
- MEEZA is committed to providing thought leadership that will enable our employees to be involved in bringing global firsts to the market.
- MEEZA is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Middle East which means an exciting and rewarding work environment for our employees.
- MEEZA is playing a key role in the transformation of Qatar into a knowledge-based society which means our employees can make a real impact.
- MEEZA is committed to developing our team; we provide opportunities to develop your skills, further your career and achieve your goals.
- MEEZA is not just about hard work; the company remains true to its entrepreneurial roots and has a young and passionate team that is just as devoted to having fun as they are to delivering service excellence.
- MEEZA offers market-leading benefits packages.
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- Kindly submit your applications only against those positions where your skills and expertise match our requirements.
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The primary responsibilities of the Senior Architect – Cloud and Infrastructure
Functional Responsibilities:
- Design and develop complex service design solutions, ensuring they align with client requirements, business objectives, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement service design methodologies, frameworks, and standards.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of client needs, business processes, and technical requirements to design innovative and efficient service solutions.
- Conduct user research, interviews, surveys, and analyze data for the identification of opportunities that are capable of improving the services provided.
- Contribute to maintaining quality standards for the services provided by MEEZA by following metrics and KPIs for measuring service performance, participating in audits and reviews, and implementing corrective actions to improve service quality.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to service design teams, ensuring the successful execution and delivery of service design projects.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, incorporating them into service design strategies to drive innovation and enhance service offerings.
- Support the implementation of tools that allow for the effective monitoring/trending of IT infrastructure, software and IT components performance and resource utilization.
- Establish and maintain comprehensive capacity management planning process at the enterprise, system, and IT component level.
- Ensure that design activities comply with relevant regulations and industry standards.
- Identify potential technology & commercial risks in projects and develop strategies to mitigate them effectively
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Academic & Professional Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Equivalent.
Experience:
- 8-10 years of experience in technology services or a similar field.
Skills and Requirements:
- Expertise in service design principles, methodologies, and tools to lead the design and development of complex service solutions.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and clients, ensuring the successful execution of service design projects.
- Proficient in conducting thorough analysis, translating client requirements into innovative and efficient service design architectures that align with business objectives and deliver exceptional user experiences.
- Develop and enhance presentation skills for effectively communicating design ideas to team members, stakeholders, and clients.
- Understanding of private cloud, public cloud, and enterprise technologies including data centers, networks, enterprise storage, server technologies, enterprise applications, security, and enterprise management systems.
- In-depth knowledge of server hardware and operating systems (e.g., HP, Dell, Cisco, Windows Server, Linux).
- Experience with server virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware vSphere and Cloud Foundation, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, etc.).
- Expertise in designing storage solutions (e.g., SAN, NAS, DAS) and familiarity with storage technologies such as RAID, SSD, and backup/recovery solutions.
- Good understanding of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF).
- Proficiency with cloud services and architecture (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud, AWS) and experience with cloud migration strategies and hybrid cloud environments.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, experience with business continuity planning and execution.
- Designing Microsoft on-prem and cloud services offerings including but not limited to Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, SCCM, PKI, KMS, O365, Intune, ADFS, etc.
- Relevant certifications such as VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Azure Architect, HPE, etc.
