Cloud Infrastructure Senior Deployment Expert
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Job Location:
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our client in the Telco sector is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Senior Deployment Expert on a contract duration of 6 to 12 months.
Role Purpose
The Cloud Infrastructure Senior Deployment Expert provides independent technical authority over the delivery installation configuration testing and acceptance of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and private cloud platforms deployed on behalf of a client organisation. Operating on the client side not as a vendor employee this role ensures that infrastructure delivered under a framework or project agreement is fully compliant with contracted technical specifications performs to committed standards and is genuinely ready for client-operated production use at the conclusion of the acceptance process. The successful candidate will have deep practitioner-level expertise in VMware vSphere and vSAN with working knowledge of Nutanix AHV as an alternative hypervisor platform. They will have personally overseen PAC and FAC acceptance processes for large-scale HCI deployments defined independent performance acceptance thresholds and managed hypercare periods against contractual SLAs. This is not an advisory role it requires the technical confidence to make binding acceptance decisions and the professional integrity to refuse acceptance when a platform does not meet the contracted specification.
Role Purpose
The Cloud Infrastructure Senior Deployment Expert provides independent technical authority over the delivery installation configuration testing and acceptance of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and private cloud platforms deployed on behalf of a client organisation. Operating on the client side not as a vendor employee this role ensures that infrastructure delivered under a framework or project agreement is fully compliant with contracted technical specifications performs to committed standards and is genuinely ready for client-operated production use at the conclusion of the acceptance process. The successful candidate will have deep practitioner-level expertise in VMware vSphere and vSAN with working knowledge of Nutanix AHV as an alternative hypervisor platform. They will have personally overseen PAC and FAC acceptance processes for large-scale HCI deployments defined independent performance acceptance thresholds and managed hypercare periods against contractual SLAs. This is not an advisory role it requires the technical confidence to make binding acceptance decisions and the professional integrity to refuse acceptance when a platform does not meet the contracted specification.
Technical Skills
Platforms & Technologies Direct practitioner experience required
Scope & Boundaries
Qualifications & Certifications
Required
Valued (not mandatory)
Platforms & Technologies Direct practitioner experience required
- Hypervisors: VMware vSphere 7.x / 8.x (required); Nutanix AHV (preferred)
- HCI storage: VMware vSAN (required); Nutanix AOS / distributed storage (preferred)
- Management: VMware vCenter vSphere Client SDDC Manager; Nutanix Prism Central
- Networking: Cisco Nexus or equivalent ToR switching; VLAN design trunking routing jumbo frames
- Performance benchmarking: HCIBench Iometer FIO or equivalent storage benchmarking tooling
- Documentation: HLD / LLD authoring or detailed review; configuration report validation
- Security: MFA implementation RBAC network segmentation audit logging for hypervisor and management plane
- Automation: PowerCLI Ansible or equivalent for HCI day-2 operations (preferred)
Scope & Boundaries
- This role validates and accepts it does not build operate or manage commercial vendor relationships. The primary accountability is independent technical quality assurance on the client side: ensuring that what is delivered matches what was contracted and that the client organisation is genuinely prepared to operate the platform independently after acceptance. Candidates whose primary experience is in vendor-side delivery cloud application architecture or managed services operations rather than infrastructure deployment and acceptance are not a fit for this profile.
Qualifications & Certifications
Required
- Degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Information Technology or equivalent technical discipline
- 12 years of professional experience in technology infrastructure; 8 years in HCI or private cloud deployment
Valued (not mandatory)
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional Data Center Virtualisation (VCAP-DCV) or VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
- Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or Nutanix Certified Master (NCM)
- Cisco CCNP Data Centre or equivalent networking certification
- PRINCE2 Practitioner PMP or equivalent as a complement to the technical profile not a substitute
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
With 15 years of experience in the Telecommunications and Financial Services industry in Africa and the Middle East, we are experts at supporting our clients through their digital transformation journeys. We believe in blending traditional methods with cutting-edge strategies to drive ... View more
