Reliable enterprise connectivity and infrastructure services across ME. Hands-on engineer who lives in the datacenter and cloud, enjoys building resilient infrastructure, and is comfortable with networking.
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Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Servers, Virtualization & Cloud
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Employment Type: Full-time
About Citynet
Citynet Networks delivers reliable enterprise connectivity and infrastructure services across ME. We’re growing our delivery team to run rollouts, migrations and datacenter/cloud implementations for our customers. If you are a hands-on engineer who lives in the datacenter and cloud, enjoys building resilient infrastructure, and is comfortable with networking — we want to meet you.
The role (brief)
You’ll own server, virtualization and cloud delivery for Citynet projects. Day-to-day you’ll design and build VMware/Hyper-V/KVM environments, manage Linux & Windows servers, integrate storage and backups, and work closely with our networking team to deliver secure, highly available solutions. This is a project-facing role: expect planning, cut overs, site visits and knowledge transfer to operations.
Key responsibilities
- Design, deploy and operate virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere preferred) and server infrastructure.
- Provision VMs, templates, HA/DR, resource management and performance tuning.
- Administer Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) and Windows Server (AD/DNS/DHCP/GPO).
- Integrate with SAN/NAS (iSCSI/FC), configure multipathing and tune storage performance.
- Implement backup & DR (eg. Veeam), test restores and run DR exercises.
- Work with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) for hybrid solutions and migrations.
- Automate repeatable tasks (Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Terraform).
- Collaborate with networking engineers: VLANs, routing, firewall/VPNs for project work.
- Produce runbooks, cutover plans, and handover documentation to NOC.
Must-have
- 4+ years hands-on experience with servers + virtualization (VMware vSphere strongly preferred).
- Strong Linux and Windows Server administration.
- Practical cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and hybrid connectivity knowledge.
- Good networking fundamentals (VLANs, OSPF/BGP basics, firewall/VPN).
- Automation skills: Ansible or scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell).
- Project delivery experience: cutovers, rollback planning, runbooks.
- Comfortable with occasional travel / on-call for cutovers.
Nice-to-have
- Veeam or enterprise backup experience, VMware VCP, RHCE, CCNA/CCNP, AWS/Azure certs.
- Experience with containers (Kubernetes), SD-WAN, or NSX/VXLAN.
What we offer
- Competitive salary + benefits.
- Visa sponsorship & relocation assistance.
- Training & certification support, career progression, and a hands-on staging lab.
- Exposure to multi-site projects, hybrid cloud and vendor ecosystems.