Senior Manager IT Infrastructure

Role grade: Senior Manager (7)

Job Purpose

Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a long-term infrastructure strategy and roadmap, spanning on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments aligned to business growth and objectives.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of all infrastructure components, including servers, networks, data storage, telecommunications, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
• Manage and administer the organization's cloud environment (public, private, or hybrid) including provisioning, configuration, identity and access management, resource governance, monitoring, and ongoing optimization.
• Lead cloud adoption and migration initiatives, including landing-zone design, workload migration, and the governance of cloud usage, security posture, and data-residency requirements.
• Optimize cloud and infrastructure cost monitoring consumption, right-sizing resources, and ensuring spend is controlled and forecastable.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of all infrastructure systems, on-premises and in the cloud, against defined service levels.
• Develop, maintain, and regularly test disaster recovery and business continuity plans across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage infrastructure budgets and resources effectively, covering both capital (on-premises) and operational (cloud subscription) models.
• Ensure compliance of all infrastructure including cloud with IT security standards and applicable regulatory requirements (e.g. NCA, PDPL data-residency obligations).
• Lead, mentor, and develop the infrastructure and operations team, building technical capability across both traditional infrastructure and cloud disciplines.
• Collaborate with application, security, and digital teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and cloud services with business applications.
• Stay current with emerging infrastructure and cloud technologies, evaluating their relevance and recommending adoption where they add value.
• Plan, manage, and deliver infrastructure and cloud projects on time, within budget, and to quality and security standards.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of proven experience in information technology roles.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong technical expertise across IT infrastructure technologies and systems (servers, networks, storage, telecommunications, virtualization).
• Hands-on knowledge and administration experience with at least one major cloud platform (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud), including IAM, networking, monitoring, and cost management.
• Proven experience in infrastructure and cloud planning, design, and migration.
• Experience implementing and operating hybrid or multi-cloud environments, ideally within a regulated, data-residency-sensitive context.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with a track record of developing technical teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Strong understanding of IT security and compliance requirements, including cloud security and local regulatory standards (NCA, PDPL).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with good command of both Arabic and English.

Benefits

• Relocation support
• Transportation allowance
• Competitive compensation
• Housing allowance
• VIP medical insurance
• Opportunity to work on a new exciting project with a group of passionate professionals. You will get the freedom to excel and make a real impact
• Diversity disclaimer
• Our mission is to build a diverse organization where our members, regardless of background or identity, have a sense of belonging.
• We genuinely believe that thanks to creating a collaborative environment where different perspectives are valued, we can achieve more.
• Together, we want to reshape the boundaries of what is achievable in the esports domain.