Senior Infrastructure Engineer

About This Role

Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Abu Dhabi, UAE (Relocation Available)

Full-time | On-site

About the Role

We’re working with a cutting-edge technology organisation developing mission-critical systems in highly secure environments . They are looking for a senior infrastructure systems engineer to design and deliver robust, scalable infrastructure solutions supporting advanced platforms.

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of infrastructure, networking and secure systems engineering , with real-world deployment across complex environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and architect scalable, secure infrastructure across physical, virtual and containerised environments
• Build fault-tolerant, high-availability systems for mission-critical applications
• Lead deployment of virtualisation platforms and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
• Design and implement monitoring systems for performance, availability and capacity
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Support design of systems within the communications domain
• Integrate commercial and custom hardware/software into secure environments
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure smooth deployment and system rollout
• Produce clear technical documentation and architecture diagrams

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years’ experience in Infrastructure/Systems Engineering or Network Engineering
• Strong experience designing high-availability, fault-tolerant systems
• Solid understanding of network architecture (LAN/WAN, VPNs, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with:
• Virtualisation (VMware, KVM, etc.)
• Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Zabbix, Nagios, Splunk)
• Experience designing distributed systems and enterprise-grade data centres
• Knowledge of cloud or hybrid infrastructure environments
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery, backup and replication strategies
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across teams

Nice to Have

• Experience in defence, government, or secure environments
• Knowledge of PKI, Zero Trust, or security frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, etc.)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation/Infrastructure-as-Code
• Exposure to MIL-STD or similar standards

Why Apply?

• Work on high-impact, mission-critical systems
• Be part of a team building next-generation infrastructure platforms
• Relocation support to Abu Dhabi (if applicable)
• Competitive, tax-free salary + benefits
• Opportunity to work at the forefront of secure and distributed systems engineering