Job Description

Data Center Architect / Consultant

Location: Abu Dhabi

Duration: one-year contract

PURPOSE

A professional responsible for designing data center facilities and infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Infrastructure Management:

a. Design & Define Datacenter Components in terms of Storage, Compute and backup.

b. Understands Business requirements, transforms business needs into the correct technical solutions to fulfill the business needs.

c. Knowledge about latest datacenter technologies that qualifies him/her to choose the right vendor and the right product

d. High and Low level design of Datacenter components and how they interface.

2. Disaster Recovery and Backup:

a. Develop high/low level disaster recovery infrastructure architecture.

 b. Define the necessary operating model to ensure a smooth fail over to DR and a fail back.

c. Develop high/low level backup infrastructure architecture design.

d. Define the necessary operating model to ensure a smooth and immune backup and restoration

e. Strong knowledge in Storage technologies and products.

f. Develops storage tiering architecture to store hot data in performance tiers and cold data in cheap storage

3. Cloud Resources Management

a. Advanced understanding of Cloud Technologies.

b. Assesses onprem workloads and qualifies certain workloads to migrate to the Cloud where feasible and commercially viable

c. Defines Operating Model to monitor Cloud Resources and integration between OnPrem and Cloud Resources

4. Capacity Planning

a. Monitor data center capacity and plan for future expansion or upgrades as needed.

b. Manage resource allocation efficiently.

5. Environmental Monitoring

a. Monitor the data center environment, ensuring optimal temperature, humidity, and power levels are maintained.

b. Manage cooling and power systems to prevent overheating and outages.

c. Develops necessary monitoring to capture Carbon footprint. Develop plans to reduce carbon emissions.

6. Security and Compliance

a. Implement and enforce data center security policies.

b. Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards for data protection and privacy.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree in computer science or a related field, as well as experience with data center operations and management.

Other skills: Technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work effectively under pressure.

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