Lead Cloud Engineer

Lead Cloud Engineer - Financial Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The ideal candidate for this key role will bring a robust background in hybrid cloud strategies and hands-on expertise in managing secure, compliant on-premise to cloud migrations. This position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and requires on-site full-time commitment.

• Architect and Manage Hybrid Environments: Design and oversee integrations between on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Lead Migrations: Direct on-prem to cloud migrations with a focus on minimizing business risk and operational disruption.
• Design Secure Solutions: Develop secure cloud landing zones and ensure effective networking and identity integration.
• Optimize Cloud Resources: Analyze and enhance cloud costs, performance, reliability, and security.
• Ensure High Availability: Maintain performance, resilience, and security in our cloud infrastructure.
• Manage Lifecycle Operations: Conduct capacity planning, patching, and upgrades for cloud services.
• Act as Technical Authority: Provide senior-level guidance on infrastructure and cloud decisions.
• Drive Automation Initiatives: Promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and automation in cloud operations.
• Support CI/CD Pipelines: Facilitate modern application delivery through efficient CI/CD processes.

Requirements:

• Minimum 8 years in IT infrastructure and cloud technologies, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience in the financial services sector.
• Experience owning and executing on-prem to cloud migration projects.
• Strong expertise in VMware virtualization platforms and enterprise networking.
• Proficiency with Google Cloud infrastructure (GCP).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and automation techniques.
• Skills in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
• Understanding of monitoring and logging platforms.
• Comfortable working in regulated and audit-driven environments.