Senior Manager IT Infrastructure
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About the Role
Esports Foundation seeks a Senior Manager IT Infrastructure to own the strategy, delivery, and operation of on-premises and cloud infrastructure. The role leads infrastructure and operations, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable systems to support business growth.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a long term infrastructure strategy and roadmap spanning on premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of all infrastructure components including servers, networks, data storage, telecommunications, virtualization, and cloud platforms
- Manage and administer the organization's cloud environment including provisioning, configuration, IAM, resource governance, monitoring, and optimization
- Lead cloud adoption and migration initiatives including landing zone design, workload migration, and governance of cloud usage and security posture
- Optimize cloud and infrastructure cost monitoring consumption and right sizing resources
- Ensure availability, reliability, and performance of all infrastructure systems against defined service levels
- Develop, maintain, and regularly test disaster recovery and business continuity plans
- Manage infrastructure budgets and resources effectively covering both capital and operational models
- Ensure compliance of all infrastructure with IT security standards and regulatory requirements (NCA, PDPL)
- Lead, mentor, and develop the infrastructure and operations team
- Collaborate with application, security, and digital teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and cloud services
- Plan, manage, and deliver infrastructure and cloud projects on time, within budget, and to quality and security standards
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information technology or equivalent
- 6+ years of proven experience in information technology roles
- Strong technical expertise across IT infrastructure technologies (servers, networks, storage, telecommunications, virtualization)
- Hands on knowledge and administration experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud)
- Proven experience in infrastructure and cloud planning, design, and migration
- Experience implementing and operating hybrid or multi cloud environments, ideally within a regulated context
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent problem solving and decision making abilities
- Strong project management skills
- Strong understanding of IT security and compliance requirements (NCA, PDPL)
- Good command of both Arabic and English
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Job Purpose
- As the Senior Manager IT Infrastructure, your mission is to own the strategy, delivery, and day to day operation of the organization's on premises and cloud infrastructure and IT service operations, ensuring they are secure, reliable, performant, and scalable to support business growth.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a long term infrastructure strategy and roadmap spanning on premises, cloud, and hybrid environments aligned to business growth and objectives.
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of all infrastructure components, including servers, networks, data storage, telecommunications, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
- Manage and administer the organization's cloud environment (public, private, or hybrid) including provisioning, configuration, identity and access management, resource governance, monitoring, and ongoing optimization.
- Lead cloud adoption and migration initiatives, including landing zone design, workload migration, and the governance of cloud usage, security posture, and data residency requirements.
- Optimize cloud and infrastructure cost monitoring consumption, right sizing resources, and ensuring spend is controlled and forecastable.
- Ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of all infrastructure systems, on premises and in the cloud, against defined service levels.
- Develop, maintain, and regularly test disaster recovery and business continuity plans across on premises and cloud environments.
- Manage infrastructure budgets and resources effectively, covering both capital (on premises) and operational (cloud subscription) models.
- Ensure compliance of all infrastructure including cloud with IT security standards and applicable regulatory requirements (e.g. NCA, PDPL data residency obligations).
- Lead, mentor, and develop the infrastructure and operations team, building technical capability across both traditional infrastructure and cloud disciplines.
- Collaborate with application, security, and digital teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and cloud services with business applications.
- Stay current with emerging infrastructure and cloud technologies, evaluating their relevance and recommending adoption where they add value.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, or equivalent.
- 6+ years of proven experience in information technology roles.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong technical expertise across IT infrastructure technologies and systems (servers, networks, storage, telecommunications, virtualization).
- Hands on knowledge and administration experience with at least one major cloud platform (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud), including IAM, networking, monitoring, and cost management.
- Proven experience in infrastructure and cloud planning, design, and migration.
- Experience implementing and operating hybrid or multi cloud environments, ideally within a regulated, data residency sensitive context.
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with a track record of developing technical teams.
- Excellent problem solving and decision making abilities.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Strong understanding of IT security and compliance requirements, including cloud security and local regulatory standards (NCA, PDPL).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with good command of both Arabic and English.
Benefits
- Relocation support
- Transportation allowance
- Competitive compensation
- Housing allowance
- VIP medical insurance
- Opportunity to work on a new exciting project with a group of passionate professionals.
Diversity disclaimer
- Our mission is to build a diverse organization where our members, regardless of background or identity, have a sense of belonging.
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