Cloud Governance

About the Role
The Cloud Consultant is responsible for the end-to-end management, administration, and continuous optimization of the organization's enterprise virtualization and cloud infrastructure, spanning VMware, Hyper-V, and Microsoft Azure, in support of multiple government entities hosted at the MCIT Datacenter in Qatar. This role owns the reliable, secure, and compliant operation of an environment of 1,500+ servers; leads the onboarding of new government entities onto datacenter infrastructure; and drives the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of infrastructure and cloud solutions, including hybrid cloud, backup and disaster recovery, and next-generation container-based technologies. The role acts as a technical authority on datacenter and cloud infrastructure, balancing operational stability with the adoption of new technologies to meet evolving government business requirements.

Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Platform Management:

• Manage and administer enterprise virtualization platforms and Azure Cloud infrastructure supporting multiple government organizations in Qatar.
• Manage and administer 1,500+ servers across VMware, Hyper-V, and Azure Cloud environments within Qatar datacenters, ensuring high availability, performance, and stability.
• Plan and execute hypervisor upgrades and the lifecycle management of underlying server hardware.
• Coordinate the installation of servers and supporting hardware within the Data Center, liaising with vendors, facilities, and internal technical teams.

Government Entity Onboarding & Design:

• Onboard government entities to the MCIT Datacenter in accordance with agreed procedures, standards, and project timelines.
• Create and review design documents related to IT infrastructure and Azure Cloud architecture, ensuring alignment with best practices and business requirements.

Cloud Deployment & Migration:

• Deploy cloud solutions - including proof-of-concept (POC) and production environments - using Microsoft and VMware technologies.
• Deploy Azure components and services in line with specific business and application requirements.
• Maintain and operate workloads migrated to Azure Cloud, ensuring ongoing performance, availability, and cost-efficiency.
• Deploy SaaS and PaaS solutions as required by application teams, ensuring proper integration with existing infrastructure.

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce security and compliance standards across servers and applications, in line with organizational and government policy.
• Maintain Data Center infrastructure security in accordance with recommended industry and regulatory guidelines.

Backup, Resilience & Disaster Recovery:

• Plan and execute backup strategies across the server, application, and database layers to safeguard business continuity.
• Design and deploy VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to support performance monitoring and disaster recovery.

Emerging Technologies & Innovation:

• Perform application proof-of-concepts (POCs) to evaluate and adopt next-generation container-based technologies, including Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• Accreditations : Azure Solutions Architect Expert, other Azure, GCP, OCI cloud certifications.

Skills & Experience:

• At least 8 years related IT experience with a majority in Cloud environments.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and securing cloud solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of Azure cloud services and related technologies.
• Strong background in Linux and Containers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in working in a senior technical support capacity (L3).
• Knowledge and experience implementing Microsoft infrastructure and Azure services technologies with best practices.
• Cloud Migrations: Proven experience in migrating solutions from on-premises and other cloud providers to Azure, utilizing cloud migration tools effectively.
• Cloud Automation: Ability to develop or modify code for automating tasks and streamlining cloud operations. Experience in automating repetitive tasks within cloud environments.
• Working experience on Linux: Red Hat, Centos and Ubuntu Linux.
• Knowledge and experience implementing Linux server services with best practices.
• Ability to write scripts in PowerShell and a good understanding of automation in the cloud.
• IT Infrastructure deployment experience including troubleshooting, design, and implementation.
• Experience on transformation projects and successful transitions to implementation support teams.

Behavioral Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and prioritize with minimal supervision
• Multi-tasking skills and attention to detail
• Team player with ability to work with cross functional teams
• Strong communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to juggle multiple, competing, frequently changing time-sensitive deadlines and priorities