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Principal system engineer - Infrastructure & Cloud Security

TAT IT Technolgies
United Arab Emirates · Contract · Mid-Senior
urgent requirement for Principal system engineer - Infrastructure & Cloud Security is required for our banking client in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Enterprise Infrastructure + Cloud Architecture + Security/Governance.

Strong Experience In Banking Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture---Must

Strong experience in Data center, virtualization, storage, DR/BCP -MUST

Strong Experience In Hybrid Cloud Architecture Is THE MUST

Strong experience in AWS/Azure architecture and integration with on-prem systems is MUST

Strong Experience In Infrastructure Security & Governance Is MUST

Strong experience in Secure system design, compliance, risk controls is MUST

Strong Experience In Banking Domain Is MUST

AWS Solutions Architect Professional- Preferred

The Principal Systems Engineer provides senior technical leadership for complex infrastructure platforms and systems architecture across the bank’s technology landscape. This role is responsible for solution design, technical governance, platform strategy, and engineering excellence, ensuring infrastructure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience, and regulatory requirements within the banking environment.

The position plays a key role in mentoring engineering teams, guiding architectural decisions, and leading critical implementations, upgrades, and high-severity incident escalations

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

  • Provide strategic technical leadership across infrastructure engineering and platform architecture.
  • Define and govern standards, best practices, and architecture principles for enterprise systems.
  • Lead design and review of complex infrastructure solutions and system integrations.
  • Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies to support banking digital transformation initiatives.

Solution Architecture & Engineering

  • Design highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure platforms across compute, storage, network, and cloud environments.
  • Ensure infrastructure architecture aligns with enterprise architecture and security frameworks.
  • Lead technical planning and implementation for large-scale system deployments and migrations.
  • Drive automation, infrastructure-as-code, and platform reliability improvements.

Technical Governance

  • Establish engineering standards, operational procedures, and architecture review processes.
  • Participate in technology governance boards and architecture review committees.
  • Ensure infrastructure designs comply with banking regulatory, risk, and security requirements.
  • Maintain oversight of platform lifecycle management, patching strategies, and capacity planning.

Incident Management & Critical Escalations

  • Serve as technical escalation point for major incidents and complex system issues.
  • Lead root cause analysis and post-incident reviews for critical outages.
  • Implement proactive measures to improve system resilience and operational stability.

Engineering Leadership & Mentorship

  • Mentor and guide systems engineers and platform specialists.
  • Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
  • Provide technical direction during project delivery and cross-team collaboration.

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Work closely with enterprise architects, application teams, cybersecurity, risk, and operations.
  • Support technology initiatives related to core banking, digital channels, data platforms, and regulatory systems.
  • Provide expert guidance to programs involving infrastructure transformation and modernization.

Required Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or systems architecture.
  • Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise-grade infrastructure environments in large organizations, preferably in banking or financial services.
  • Strong expertise in areas such as:
    • Data center infrastructure
    • Virtualization platforms
    • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or hybrid)
    • Storage and backup solutions
    • Enterprise operating systems (Linux / Windows)
    • Network architecture concepts
  • Experience with automation tools, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity architectures.
Skills: infrastructure,cloud,security

Key Skills

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cloud storage high availability virtualization cloud security cybersecurity linux aws
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United Arab Emirates

Tax-friendly regional tech hub

Posted
Mar 13, 2026
Type
Contract
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Abu Dhabi
Company
TAT IT Technolgies

Industries

Technology Information Internet

Categories

Information Technology

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