linkedin
Director of Technology
EVOTEQ
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Director
2 weeks ago
IT Infrastructure ManagementCloud Computing (Azure)AIOpsAutomationDevOpsInfrastructure as Code (IaC)
Free
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
?%
Ready to ScanKey skills for this role
IT Infrastructure ManagementCloud Computing (Azure)AIOps
About the Role
EVOTEQ is seeking a Director of Technology to lead IT infrastructure transformation into an AI-native, autonomous estate. The role involves overseeing cloud platforms, AIOps, security, and team leadership.
Key Skills for This Role
IT Infrastructure ManagementCloud Computing (Azure)AIOpsAutomationDevOpsInfrastructure as Code (IaC)
Responsibilities
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise IT infrastructure including data centers, networks, cloud platforms, and end user services
- Define and deliver the multi year roadmap to an AI native/AI managed estate with clear phases, success metrics, and adoption milestones
- Implement AIOps for predictive and preventive maintenance, anomaly detection, and intelligent event correlation
- Drive self healing and auto remediation of routine incidents, reducing manual intervention and mean time to resolve
- Lead 24x7 IT operations to ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of enterprise systems
- Work closely with the Director of Cybersecurity to enforce robust security policies and compliance measures
- Drive cloud migration, optimization, and automation strategies
- Establish governance for AI/agents that operate the estate: reliability standards, guardrails, escalation thresholds, and human oversight
- Manage relationships with technology vendors, service providers, and partners; oversee IT budgets
- Lead and mentor a multi functional IT team, fostering innovation and continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
- Strong experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud computing, virtualization, networking, and cybersecurity
- Hands on expertise in Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, and cloud platforms (Azure)
- Demonstrated experience adopting AIOps/agentic operations and applying AI/ML and LLM driven tooling to infrastructure
- Proven experience leading large, geo distributed IT teams
- Deep understanding of ITSM frameworks (ITIL), disaster recovery, and high availability systems
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, compliance, and risk management
- Master's degree (MBA or IT Management) is a plus
- Certifications such as ITIL, PMP, CISSP, Azure Solutions Architect, or CCNP are highly desirable
- Certifications in AI/AIOps, Azure AI, or AI governance are an advantage
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- The Director of Technology is responsible for overseeing the organisation’s IT infrastructure and for leading its transformation into an AI native, increasingly autonomous estate.
- This role sets and executes the roadmap from today’s hybrid and cloud operations toward AI managed infrastructure, embedding AI and agentic automation across operations, decision making, and service delivery.
Responsibilities
- IT Infrastructure Management: Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise IT infrastructure including data centers, networks, cloud platforms, and end user services.
- AI Native Infrastructure & Autonomous Operations: Define and deliver the multi year roadmap to an AI native/AI managed estate.
- IT Operations & Service Management: Lead 24x7 IT operations to ensure high availability, performance, and resilience.
- Security & Compliance: Work closely with the Director of Cybersecurity to enforce robust security policies and compliance measures.
- Cloud & Digital Transformation: Drive cloud migration, optimization, and automation strategies.
- AI Governance for Operations: Establish governance for AI/agents that operate the estate.
- Vendor & Budget Management: Manage relationships with technology vendors and oversee IT budgets.
- Team Leadership & Development: Lead and mentor a multi functional IT team.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with business leaders to align IT infrastructure with strategic objectives.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Master’s degree (MBA or IT Management) is a plus.
- Certifications such as ITIL, PMP, CISSP, Azure Solutions Architect, or CCNP are highly desirable.
- Certifications in AI/AIOps, Azure AI, or AI governance are an advantage.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud computing, virtualization, networking, and cybersecurity.
- Hands on expertise in Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, and cloud platforms (Azure).
- Knowledge of automation, DevOps, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Demonstrated experience adopting AIOps / agentic operations and applying AI/ML and LLM driven tooling to infrastructure and operations.
- Deep understanding of ITSM frameworks (ITIL), disaster recovery, and high availability systems.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, compliance, and risk management.
- Proven experience leading large, geo distributed IT teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career