7 Azure Architect jobs in Saudi Arabia
Cloud Solution Architecture
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As a Cloud Solution Architect specialising in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), you'll lead transformative cloud migrations across the Middle East and Africa. This is a rare opportunity to as the sole F&O professional in the region to drive impact through the design and integration of complex systems into the Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
You'll work across multiple countries, delivering high-value solutions that help customers modernise legacy platforms and realise tangible ROI. With a blend of remote and on-site engagements, this role offers both flexibility and the chance to build deep relationships across diverse markets. You'll be at the forefront of Microsoft's AI and cloud transformation, collaborating with top-tier partners and vendors to shape the future of enterprise systems.
Find out more about our culture and values, and the environment you will be working in.
Responsibilities
Use customer insights to align Business Applications solutions with business outcomes, accelerating delivery and adoption through value-based engagements and reusable IP.
Deliver technical sessions and workshops to support customer skilling, operational health, and cloud readiness.
Share customer feedback with internal Microsoft teams to drive product and service improvements.
Guide decision-makers to realise value from Microsoft technology through solution optimisation, performance efficiency, and operational excellence.
Resolve blockers preventing go-live or broad usage by applying technical, functional, and project management expertise using Microsoft best practices and IP.
Identify growth opportunities by matching customer needs with Microsoft Business Applications capabilities and value propositions.
Continuously develop skills to better support customer and Microsoft business goals.
Share expertise in communities, contribute to IP creation, and reuse assets to accelerate customer transformation.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
Additional Or Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
6+ years experience leading technical projects.
Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Cloud Solution Architecture
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date posted
Aug 28, 2025
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Up to 50% work from home
Travel
25-50%
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Customer Success
Discipline
Cloud Solution Architecture
Employment type
Full-Time
OverviewAs a Cloud Solution Architect specialising in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), you'll lead transformative cloud migrations across the Middle East and Africa. This is a rare opportunity to as the sole F&O professional in the region to drive impact through the design and integration of complex systems into the Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
You'll work across multiple countries, delivering high-value solutions that help customers modernise legacy platforms and realise tangible ROI. With a blend of remote and on-site engagements, this role offers both flexibility and the chance to build deep relationships across diverse markets. You'll be at the forefront of Microsoft's AI and cloud transformation, collaborating with top-tier partners and vendors to shape the future of enterprise systems.
Find out more about our culture and values, and the environment you will be working in.
QualificationsRequired/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
6+ years experience leading technical projects.
Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
Use customer insights to align Business Applications solutions with business outcomes, accelerating delivery and adoption through value-based engagements and reusable IP.
Deliver technical sessions and workshops to support customer skilling, operational health, and cloud readiness.
Share customer feedback with internal Microsoft teams to drive product and service improvements.
Guide decision-makers to realise value from Microsoft technology through solution optimisation, performance efficiency, and operational excellence.
Resolve blockers preventing go-live or broad usage by applying technical, functional, and project management expertise using Microsoft best practices and IP.
Identify growth opportunities by matching customer needs with Microsoft Business Applications capabilities and value propositions.
Continuously develop skills to better support customer and Microsoft business goals.
Share expertise in communities, contribute to IP creation, and reuse assets to accelerate customer transformation.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Cloud Solution Architecture- Power Platform
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The Power Platform Cloud Solution Architect will be an HQ role, covering and serving the various countries in MEA. The candidate will focus on the 3 priority Pillars of Customer Centricity, Technical Leadership and Business Impact. We continue to evolve & use the Tech Maturity Model to determine how to serve customers at scale. In FY26 you will play a key role in our customers realizing value in their MS investment, enabled by Unified & Enhanced Solutions. You do this through delivery of your technical expertise and business acumen, ensuring customers have a secure, resilient architecture. You will be the trusted advisor that leads our customers AI experiences. You will continue to focus on Job1/Job2 as per your accountabilities in the MCEM framework and deliver customer outcomes and business value to MS
Focus Areas
- Drive AI growth via Agents that drive Copilot Studio and where possible leverage Copilot Chat, M365 Copilot, & Azure AI services that optimize a customer's outcomes & Copilot Journey.
- Vigilantly maintain the health of the Power Platform customer base.
- Strong UE execution to drive STU/CSU handoffs, usage & renewal growth
- Identify and deliver expansion opportunities for Enhanced Solutions
Business Priorities
- Accelerate AI share capture with Copilot + Agents: Simplify AI orchestration via a prescriptive Copilot Journey to accelerate AI share capture across M365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, and Copilot Studio + Agents.
- Drive core business momentum: Drive balanced and strategic growth across discrete AI Workforce and AI business process targets (including ME3, FLW, W365, AVD, Sales, Service, ERP, CCaaS, Power Platform, and Business Central).
- Deliver usage excellence across all that we do: Drive Power & Agents Consumed Value (PACV) through Power Platform & Copilot Studio usage growth: Expand Usage Excellence execution to accelerate customer time-to-value & ROI, improve E3/Dynamics/Power Platform usage & renewals and optimize new capacity for Copilot & Agents.
- ES + Programs: Develop a deep understanding of hero Unified offers, changes to VBD portfolio, and FY26 programs (such as ECIF) so you can leverage them to drive ES + Usage growth. Improve Unified/ VAS attach across all sales plays following the Formula for Success and grow Enhanced Solutions
- End to End AI Journey: Take Customers through the Copilot Journey and transform business process with Agents. Vigilantly maintain the health of existing customer
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Leverage business process expertise to drive Agents sitting on Copilot Chat / M365 Copilot with existing D365 customers
Solution Plays
Power Platform CSAs align to the "Innovate with Low Code AI & Agents" Solution Play: The Copilot and Agents at Work solution play positions Microsoft as a leader in AI business solutions. It has potential to drive significant revenue through M365 Copilot licenses and Studio consumption, as well as win socket share with Copilot Chat usage. Market trends indicate a growing demand for AI-driven solutions that can automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency, as evidenced by the widespread adoption of AI tools across various industries. By addressing these trends, Microsoft aims to provide a comprehensive AI solution that meets the evolving needs of businesses and supports their digital transformation journeys
Core Contribution
Establish M365 Copilot + Copilot Studio as the leading commercial AI solution
- Establish thought-leadership and generate customer excitement for our AI-innovation with a drumbeat of product moments
- Consistent to-customer assets showcasing AI-transformation value, incl. demos & scenarios for M365 Copilot, Copilot Chat & Agents
- Leave no segment or worker role uncovered by driving Copilot Chat
Accelerate Low Code and transform the D365 core business
- Establish customer confidence on Copilot Studio as the platform for Agents
- Accelerate Low Code by cross-pollinating AI capabilities connected to the Agent momentum
- Transform legacy ERP & CRM through D365 AI innovation and Agents supported with demos and premium offers
Additional details
- Technical Excellence (Level 400)
Develop a deep understanding of the technology, knowing how and why it works the way it does. Explain how solution impacts customers' specific business outcomes and lead solution envisioning sessions and/or hackathons to secure technical decision making.
- Business Value + Adoption & Change Management
Continue evolving with an AI-first approach. Deepen your business value acumen to better manage scope and risk and improve value realization/ROI discussions with customers. Deepen your change management skills to help customers more effectively through AI transformation.
- Usage Excellence
Actively manage MSX milestones, account team orchestration, and proper tagging to document account status. Address account blockers by proactively using the UAT process, engaging CSR as needed and update MSX routinely.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 10+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
OR equivalent experience
- Technical product proficiency and readiness
- Deeper Business Value and Change Management Skills
- Strong operational discipline & Usage Excellence delivery
Preffered Qualifications
- Understanding of how to modernize with intelligent, purpose-built app
- Ability to Build agent-infused apps as the new interface for enterprise systems
- Optimize with Agent-powered business processes
- Innovate with agents to automate workflows and replace repetitive or complex tasks
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Infrastructure
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The Global Customer Success (GCS) organization, an organization within CE&S, is leading the effort to enable customer success on the Microsoft Cloud by harnessing leading, AI-powered capabilities and human expertise to deliver innovation solutions that accelerate business value, drive operational excellence and nurture long term loyalty.
The CSA role is designed to enable customer success by driving technical strategy, solution design, and adoption of Microsoft Teams and Viva products. The CSA acts as a trusted advisor, helping customers realize business value through modern collaboration and employee experience platforms.
This role is Microsoft onsite only.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
**Business Impact**
Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction. Proactively manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals.
Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies (e.g., product offerings such as value-based deliverables (VBDs), advice, training, technical validation), ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed to prepare customers for operational readiness and achievement of their business goals and targets. Leveraging knowledge of change management proven practices and/or involving the change management team, proactively helps the customer deploy for long-term organizational adoption to increase customer satisfaction and drive consumption/usage. Guides customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities. Provides feedback to Unified Delivery Team on VBDs to refine and further develop content.
Proactively identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale based on business value to customer/partner and clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Actively listens to and respectfully challenges customers/partners, building trust to then advocate for alternative architectures/solutions/approaches that shape and/or enhance customer requirements. Identifies, and evaluates industry trends (e.g., customer industry verticals, information technology (IT) industry), gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps existing architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Proactively captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model.
Proactively identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes to accelerate solution deployment, value realization and usage/consumption. Applies business, technical, industry, and/or enterprise knowledge to architecture or support projects to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified constraints.
**Customer Centricity**
Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies patterns of feedback across customers/partners/territories/industries and leverages them to develop strategic and actionable insights. Presents business cases to program managers to influence product roadmaps, decision making, bug fix prioritization, and own and drive initiatives as appropriate.
Identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy, and explains why and/or how they meet customer/partner outcomes and return on investment (ROI) goals (e.g., via proof of concept, minimally viable product (MVP), rapid prototype) relative to competitive offerings. Proactively helps the customer/partner adopt and use Microsoft product/platform strategy-aligned (cross-solution area) solutions. Builds relationships with technical decision makers (TDMs), and helps build the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs). Independently interacts as needed with customers/partners' Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other C-level (CXO) roles to bridge understanding of security, compliance, operational and risk requirements across BDMs, TDMs, CIO and CISO teams, appropriately engaging additional subject matter experts when deeper expertise is required.
Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Defines customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates and addresses customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation.
**Partner Specialization**
Identifies and prioritizes several opportunities that align with revenue goals, and orchestrates growth of solution utilization pipeline with partners. Provides assistance with partner and sales teams to bring clarity to specific opportunities through proof of concept and technical pre-sales support.
Understands solution area-specific market opportunities (e.g., competitor insights) and collaborates with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) business stakeholders to lead and execute initiatives to translate opportunities into actions. Proactively guides and supports partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, products, and solutions. Advises the partner throughout initial strategic customer implementations.
**Technical Leadership**
Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive up-skilling and/or accreditations based on demand. Role models technical readiness, both depth-aligned to solution area priorities and breadth-aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives (e.g., security, resilience, AI), and influences team to drive their own technical readiness. Acts as a mentor, leading readiness and upskilling activities in the team/organization by educating colleagues on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing proven practices.
Proactively identifies gaps through delivery, communicates those gaps to relevant team members and internal/external stakeholders, and connects gaps and patterns across business and technology areas that drive changes and improvements to products, IP (both existing and new), technologies, and/or processes/practices that enable solutions to scale across customers. Contributes to the development and modification of Microsoft's structured frameworks and methodologies. Provides thought leadership and innovation to customers/partners and internal communities at the local level.
Contributes to leading virtual teams (v-teams) around technologies and customer/partner challenges, and shares ideas, insights, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape. Demonstrates strong industry knowledge and increases recognition for Microsoft solutions by contributing to and sometimes leading presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) Contributes to intellectual property (IP) and identifies patterns where no IP exists (e.g., CoPilot and AI scenarios) to help build scalable and repeatable models. Participates in external technical and non-technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webcasts, blogs, hackathons) that elevate the Microsoft brand and shares learnings across internal teams.
**Qualifications**
**Required/minimum qualifications**
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
Ability to speak both English and Arabic on a fluent business level - both written and verbal
**Additional or preferred qualifications**
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
4+ years experience working on technical projects.
Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
Cloud Architect Engineer (Azure)
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Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…
About the role …
As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.
What you'll be doing …
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
- Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
- Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
- Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
- Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
- Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
- Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
- Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
- Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.
What you'll need …
- Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
- Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
- Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
- Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
- Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
- Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
- Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
- Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
- Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
- Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
- A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.
Artefact’s teams are made up of the best experts in their fields, and it’s our biggest responsibility to ensure their professional development and personal wellbeing.
#J-18808-LjbffrMicrosoft Azure IAM
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Job Title: Microsoft Azure IAM & PKI Specialist (SME)
Location: Jeddah
Experience: 8-12 years
Job Description
IAM: Microsoft Azure IAM SME (e.g., Entra ID, etc.), Microsoft Azure IAM SME (e.g., Entra ID, etc.).
Microsoft Entra (Entra ID, Permissions Management, ID Governance)
• Identity & Access Management (IAM) concepts (SSO, MFA, conditional access, RBAC).
• Entra ID administration (user/group management, app registration, service principals).
• Federation & integration (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect).
• Identity Governance (access reviews, entitlement management, lifecycle workflows).
• Permissions Management (cloud entitlements across Azure, GCP).
• Troubleshooting authentication & authorization issues.
Microsoft Azure
• Azure AD / Entra integration with Azure resources.
• Azure RBAC & security best practices.
• Azure Policy & compliance management.
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel (security monitoring).
• Familiarity with ARM templates/Bicep for infrastructure automation.
Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
• AD domain services administration (user, group, OU, GPO).
• Domain & forest trust management.
• DNS integration with AD.
• AD replication & troubleshooting (dcdiag, repadmin).
• Security hardening (admin tiering, delegation).
• AD backup & recovery procedures.
Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
• PKI concepts (public/private keys, X.509 certificates, CRL, OCSP).
• Installing & configuring AD CS (root CA, subordinate CA).
• Certificate templates, enrollment policies, and auto-enrollment.
• Managing CRLs & OCSP responders.
• Securing CA infrastructure & key material.
• Certificate lifecycle management & renewal automation.
Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Managing certificate inventories & expiration alerts.
• Automated issuance & renewal (SCEP, ACME protocols).
• Integrating PKI with endpoint, server, and network devices.
• Governance & compliance for certificate usage.
• Transitioning cryptographic algorithms (e.g., SHA-1 → SHA-256, RSA → ECC).
Microsoft PKI
• Deep understanding of PKI trust chains.
• Secure design of enterprise PKI.
• Policy & practice statement creation.
• Hardware Security Module (HSM) integration.
• Root & subordinate CA separation & protection.
Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS)
• RADIUS server configuration.
• Integration with AD for authentication.
• NPS policies for wired/wireless 802.1X authentication.
• NPS & MFA integration.
• Troubleshooting RADIUS authentication issues (logs, Event Viewer).
Google Cloud Console Management
• GCP IAM (roles, service accounts, policies).
• Project, folder, and organization-level resource management.
• Integration with external identity providers (Entra ID, SAML).
• Monitoring & logging with Google Cloud Operations Suite.
• Security best practices in GCP (org policy, security command center).
Manager - Cloud Resilience Architecture
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Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a forward-thinking and experienced Manager - Cloud Resilience Architecture to lead our efforts in developing robust and resilient cloud strategies. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and overseeing cloud architectures that ensure high availability, performance, and security for our diverse applications and services, aligning with our vision of creating a premier destination for entertainment and culture.
Key Responsibilities:- Develop and implement a comprehensive cloud resilience architecture strategy that aligns with Qiddiya's business goals and operational needs.
- Collaborate with IT, application development, and cybersecurity teams to ensure cloud architectures are designed for optimal performance, reliability, and security.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of cloud service providers, ensuring that contracts meet the organization's requirements for resilience, compliance, and cost effectiveness.
- Design and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans that support organizational resilience and mitigate potential risks.
- Monitor cloud performance and resilience, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary enhancements to architectures as needed.
- Conduct regular assessments of cloud infrastructure and services in relation to industry benchmarks and best practices.
- Provide guidance and technical expertise to team members and stakeholders regarding cloud architecture and resilience best practices.
- Promote a culture of resilience across the organization by training and educating staff on cloud services and risk management strategies.
- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies, trends, and regulations to drive continuous improvement in cloud strategies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud architecture, with a focus on resilience and disaster recovery.
- Strong understanding of cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Proven experience with designing and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with a focus on building relationships across teams.
- Cloud-related certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are preferred.
Join Qiddiya's team and enjoy a dynamic work environment that offers growth opportunities, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a significant impact as our future Playmaker
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