We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience and a strong financial services background to define, own, and execute a hybrid cloud strategy for a large, regulated organization in Riyadh.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience and a strong financial services background to define, own, and execute a hybrid cloud strategy for a large, regulated organization in Riyadh.
This role is hands-on and strategic, requiring deep expertise across on-premise infrastructure, VMware virtualization, enterprise networking, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will lead secure, compliant on-prem to cloud migrations, operate in audit-driven environments, and act as a senior technical authority for infrastructure and cloud decisions.
This position is on-site in Riyadh and is open to European professionals willing to relocate. A relocation package is provided.
Key Responsibilities
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Strategy
- Define and own the hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem + GCP).
- Design and implement secure cloud landing zones, including networking, IAM, and identity integration.
- Establish architecture standards, governance, and best practices.
On-Prem to Cloud Migration
- Lead end-to-end on-prem to cloud migrations in regulated environments.
- Own migration planning, execution, risk mitigation, and validation.
- Ensure minimal business disruption and strong post-migration stability.
Reliability, Security & Compliance
- Ensure high availability, resilience, performance, and security of infrastructure platforms.
- Operate within financial services regulatory and audit requirements.
- Lead capacity planning, lifecycle management, patching, and upgrades.
Automation & Modern Delivery
- Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and modern application delivery.
- Automate provisioning, monitoring, and operational processes.
Technical Leadership
- Act as senior technical authority for infrastructure and cloud decisions.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
- Optimize cloud cost, performance, and reliability (FinOps mindset).
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 8+ years of IT infrastructure and cloud engineering experience.
- Mandatory experience in financial services (banking, insurance, fintech, capital markets).
- Proven ownership of on-prem to cloud migrations in regulated environments.
- Strong hands-on expertise with VMware virtualization platforms.
- Solid experience in enterprise networking and security.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience working in audit-driven, compliance-heavy environments.
- Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
- Experience with monitoring and logging platforms.