Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the cloud roadmap and all associated architectural artifacts
• Lead cloud architecture enabling a diverse multi-cloud environment built on best practice
• Develop and maintain a cloud product map to support the reference framework
• Drive, design, and implicitly represent various cloud artifacts within the enterprise framework that represents cloud components and solutions.
• Partner with the business to align business objectives with cloud capabilities
• Develop enterprise architecture for cloud services and cloud patterns for use/reuse by Solution Architects and Application Architects.
• Manage the identification and addressing of client needs.
• Lead a team of Cloud Architects to review, validate customer requirements and translate initial scope documents
• Coach and mentor team members supporting as require achieving objectives
• Evaluate and design technical ‘end to end’ solutions.
• Update and maintain the key Enterprise Architecture deliverables for cloud technology
• Support resolution of cloud issues and constraints during delivery and project lifecycle
• Perform ongoing cloud research and assessment of new analysis approaches for potential design and use within the Enterprise.
• Support the audit of cloud standards
• Demonstrate continued learning in related industry services and innovations.
• Drive the cloud cost monitoring and optimization tools strategy
• Support system integration across QF hybrid infrastructure
• Represent the S&A at senior level Platforms technical meetings.
• Provide the required support and technical guidance in the tenders, including the scope of work and technical evaluation.
• Review and support the demand process to ensure appropriate designs are delivered by vendors and successfully implemented by projects
• Support commercial is estimating the appropriateness and accuracy of supplier technology pricing and solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a Computer Science
• 8 – 10 years of relevant full-time work experience in IT and business/industry including architecture design and deployment systems lifecycle management and infrastructure planning and implementations
• IT industry standards and frameworks certificates such as ITIL, COBIT, CISM, TOGAF
• IT certifications in Azure, MS Certified Azure Solution Architect and MS products
• Certifications in other clouds services such as Oracle OCI beneficial
• Team player, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and delight taking on new challenges.
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships across the business and IT, collaborating with and influencing at all levels.
• Business and delivery focused with high energy drive and pragmatism
• Technology consultancy & Project management experience
• People Management: demonstrating ability to manage, motivate and drive teams
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office applications