Infrastructure Architect

About the role

CoorB is looking for a highly experienced Infrastructure Architect in Jeddah to define and govern infrastructure architecture across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments. The role designs scalable, secure, highly available and resilient infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and platforms, working closely with Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud, DevOps, Application and Technology teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture, standards, principles and guidelines, and design cloud, on-premises and hybrid architectures.
• Define compute, storage, network and connectivity architecture, and high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity and resilience architectures.
• Define infrastructure capacity, scalability, performance, integration, connectivity and communication requirements.
• Review and recommend improvements for infrastructure designs and major projects, and assess current infrastructure against the target architecture.
• Identify risks, dependencies, constraints and impacts, and support modernization, cloud adoption and optimization initiatives.
• Maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, standards and decision records, and ensure compliance with Enterprise Architecture, technology standards, security and regulatory requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud or technology architecture; significant experience in large, complex enterprise environments.
• Experience in banking or financial services highly preferred; experience in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure standards, architecture governance and technology lifecycle management.

Required skills

• Cloud, on-premises and hybrid infrastructure architecture; Azure and/or AWS.
• Compute, storage, networking, virtualization and high availability, DR and resilience design.
• Experience working with DevOps, Cybersecurity, Network, Cloud and Application teams.
• Preferred certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architecture or other infrastructure/cloud certifications.