Vice President – Infrastructure Managed Services

JOB PURPOSE

Own the operation of the Group's physical and network technology foundation: the data centers, networks, firewalls and connectivity on which every platform, application and workplace service runs, across Aldar and its subsidiaries, executed primarily through outsourced IT Managed Services with on-site presence across Group locations.

Deliver infrastructure as a reliable, secure and cost-disciplined service across the Group: directing outsourced managed services and infrastructure contracts to measurable outcomes, and ensuring the estate operates and evolves without becoming the constraint on the Group's growth.

The role is for aUAE National.

ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES

Infrastructure Operations

Own the operation of networks, firewalls, data centers and connectivity across the Group and subsidiaries.

Ensure high availability, performance and capacity of the infrastructure estate with clear operational accountability.

Run infrastructure change and maintenance with discipline, protecting dependent services.

Managed Services & Contracts

Direct outsourced IT Managed Services for infrastructure, with clear scope, service levels and performance management.

Manage infrastructure services contracts and vendor relationships, ensuring commercial discipline and resilience.

Ensure on-site operational presence and cross-entity delivery where the business requires it.

Resilience & Security Execution

Implement infrastructure resilience: redundancy, failover and disaster recovery execution at infrastructure level.

Execute security controls on network and infrastructure in partnership with Information Security: secure configuration, segmentation, patching.

Support cyber incident response with infrastructure containment and recovery actions.

Modernization & Cost Discipline

Proactively manage infrastructure lifecycle, technical debt and obsolescence.

Drive modernization toward automation, software-defined infrastructure and cloud alignment with the Cloud & DevOps team.

Own infrastructure cost tr…