As a Senior Technical Architect, you will be at the forefront of designing and delivering next-generation data center solutions that power enterprise transformation. Your day will involve architecting modern infrastructures that span compute, storage, virtualization, and AI-driven workloads, ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with industry best practices. You will translate complex technical requirements into robust architectures, blending innovation with operational efficiency.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC) and modern infrastructure solutions.
- Build end-to-end data center architectures, including compute, storage, virtualization, network fabrics, and AI workloads.
- Develop BoQ, solution designs, technical proposals, HLD/LLD, and implementation roadmaps.
- Conduct customer workshops and requirement-gathering sessions across business and technical teams.
- Create financial models, BOM costings, and TCO/ROI business justifications.
- Support the sales team in RFP/RFI responses and competitive positioning.
- Collaborate with vendor partners and maintain strong relationships across the UAE ecosystem.
- Lead PoC engagements for storage, virtualization, HCI, and AI infrastructure stacks.
- Ensure solution scalability, high availability, performance, and alignment with industry best practices.
- Stay updated on emerging technologies in AI data center, GPU computing, and next-gen storage.
Technical Expertise
- Deep expertise in Data Center Infrastructure, including:
- Compute & Servers
- Storage Systems (SAN, NAS, Object)
- Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)
- Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)
- Backup, DR, Ransomware Protection, and Data Mobility
- Data Center Networks & Fabric Architectures
- Proven experience designing AI-ready data centers, including GPU-based clusters and high-performance storage.
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure automation, orchestration, and cloud-ready architectures.
- Familiarity with colocation, edge, DR sites, and hybrid DC models.
Vendor Experience
- Compute & Infrastructure: HPE, Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge
- Storage: NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell EMC, HPE Storage
- Virtualization & SDDC: VMware vSphere/vSAN/NSX, Nutanix, Red Hat
- AI Data Center: NVIDIA GPU stacks, DGX, AI networking fabrics
- Knowledge of backup platforms like Veritas, Veeam, Rubrik is a plus.
Business & Communication Skills
- Strong communication skills—able to simplify complex data center concepts for business stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with enterprise customers in the UAE market is mandatory.
- Ability to articulate value propositions around performance, efficiency, and cost optimization.
- Skilled in writing proposals, HLDs/LLDs, and presenting to C-level audiences.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills for data center cost and sizing.
Required Experience
- 8 – 12+ years of experience in data center technologies, with at least 5+ years in the UAE.
- Relevant certifications (VMware VCP/VCAP, HPE ASE/Master, Dell/NetApp/Pure certs, NVIDIA or AI infrastructure certs) are a major plus.
- Ability to work in fast-paced pre-sales environments and lead solution strategy end-to-end.
- Proactive, self-driven, and highly technical with a strong appetite for emerging AI infrastructure trends.
Workplace Type
On-site Working
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
