Cloud Architect

We are seeking an experienced Open Source Private Cloud Architect to design and govern mission critical private cloud infrastructure based on Open Stack and KVM, supporting financial and sovereign environments.

The role focuses on architecture integrity, resilience, security and longterm operability, rather than application platforms.

• Define overall private cloud architecture (HLD) based on Open Stack/KVM
• Design multisite, multiregion architectures including Active/Standby DR
• Define availability, scalability, security and operational models
• Provide technical governance for integration of storage, network and security platforms
• Review and guide lowlevel designs (LLD) and implementation decisions
• Support production readiness, DR drills and architecture evolution

• Familiar with enterprise storage, security and HSM platforms (e.g. SAN/NAS, Firewall, HSM); vendorspecific experience is not mandatory.
• 8+ years in IT infrastructure / cloud engineering
• Strong handson knowledge of Open Stack core components and KVM
• Experience with enterprise storage and network integration
• Proven experience in financial, regulated or mission critical environments
• Deep understanding of HA, DR, RPO/RTO and Day2 operations
• Strong documentation and architecture communication skills

• Experience in Middle East financial or sovereign cloud projects
• Exposure to third party security platforms (FW, WAF, IAM, HSM)
• Automation experience (Ansible, Terraform)