Solutions Architect - Cloud Solutions

Role Summary We are seeking a highly skilled IT professional with at least five years of hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade Microsoft infrastructure, Modern Workplace, cloud migration, security, and disaster recovery solutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the complete project lifecycle, including assessment, solution design, implementation, migration, testing, documentation, knowledge transfer, and post-deployment support. Experience working with enterprise customers, financial institutions, and government entities is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, design, and implement Microsoft Modern Workplace solutions based on Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 services.
• Deploy and administer Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Intune, and Windows endpoint management.
• Implement Microsoft 365 E5 security and compliance capabilities, including:
• Microsoft Entra ID, multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, Identity Protection, and Privileged Identity Management.
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity, and Cloud Apps.
• Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, retention, eDiscovery, Insider Risk Management, and compliance policies.
• Design, deploy, and maintain Microsoft on-premises infrastructure, including Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, File Services, Windows Server, and Exchange Server.
• Support Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, and newer releases.
• Administer enterprise virtualization platforms, including Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware.
• Plan and execute complex migrations, including:
• Exchange Server to Exchange Online.
• Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations.
• Active Directory and file-server migrations.
• Physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migrations.
• Implement and manage Microsoft Configuration Manager/SCCM, endpoint deployment, patch management, application distribution, and compliance policies.
• Design disaster recovery and business continuity solutions based on defined RPO and RTO requirements.
• Implement and manage enterprise backup, replication, recovery, and archiving solutions using Veeam and related technologies.( Optional)
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identity, messaging, security, backup, and cloud-related issues.

Required Certifications Candidates may have possess a strong combination of the following certifications or their current Microsoft equivalents:

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.
• Relevant Microsoft 365 certifications covering tenant administration, identity, endpoint management, messaging, security, or compliance, such as:
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert.
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate.
• Previously earned Messaging Administrator Associate or Security Administrator Associate certification.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of five years of hands-on IT experience as a Project Engineer, Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or Customer Support Engineer.
• Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise infrastructure, Microsoft 365, security, cloud migration, and disaster recovery projects.
• Proven experience managing migrations for enterprise customers, financial institutions, and government entities.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft hybrid infrastructure, identity, messaging, virtualization, backup, and security technologies.
• Ability to independently manage technical projects from assessment and design through implementation and handover.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, customer communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to provide implementation and escalation support outside normal working hours when required by project or migration activities.

Location: Dubai - SSTC, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates