Aldar Properties

Real estate development and asset management

Vice President - Infrastructure Managed Services

Network Engineering & AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAbu Dhabi - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
At least 10 years of infrastructure operations leadership experience within large, complex organizations.
At least 2 years of managerial experience in a related field.
Experience with networks, data centers, and infrastructure services at group or multi-entity scale.
Experience directing outsourced infrastructure managed services and contracts.
Experience with infrastructure security, resilience, and disaster recovery execution.
Strong vendor and contract management skills to convert managed services into reliable outcomes.
Security-conscious approach, including treating secure configuration as part of operations.
Ability to balance operational stability with automation and lifecycle renewal.

Responsibilities

Own the operation of networks, firewalls, data centers, and connectivity across the Group and its 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.
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.
Implement infrastructure resilience, including redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery execution at infrastructure level.
Execute security controls on network and infrastructure in partnership with Information Security, including secure configuration, segmentation, and patching.
Support cyber incident response with infrastructure containment and recovery actions.
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 transparency and optimization.
Enforce Group infrastructure standards across subsidiaries, reducing local variants.
Coordinate with Cloud & DevOps, Data Platforms, and Information Security on boundaries between cloud, platform, and physical infrastructure.
Build and lead the infrastructure team, including architecture and network capabilities, and direct outsourced partners.
Develop infrastructure engineering depth and support Emiratization objectives.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree is preferable.

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 a UAE 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 transparency and optimization.

Standards & Coordination:

Enforce Group infrastructure standards across subsidiaries, reducing local variants.

Coordinate with Cloud & DevOps, Data Platforms and Information Security on the boundaries between cloud, platform and physical infrastructure.

Leadership & Talent Development:

Build and lead the infrastructure team, including architecture and network capabilities, and direct outsourced partners.

Develop infrastructure engineering depth and support Emiratization objectives.

What This Role Is Not:

Not a cloud platform engineering role; cloud platforms are owned by the Cloud & DevOps team.

Not a hands-on-only technical role; the mandate is directing services and contracts to outcomes.

This role keeps the foundation of the Group's technology estate running: secure, resilient and cost-disciplined.

RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 10+ years in infrastructure operations leadership within large, complex organizations.

YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION

Minimum of 2+ years of managerial experience in a related field.

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE

Networks, data centers and infrastructure services at group or multi-entity scale

Directing outsourced infrastructure managed services and contracts

Infrastructure security, resilience and disaster recovery execution

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Calm, methodical operator; infrastructure failures are high-visibility, and recovery discipline matters

Strong vendor and contract manager; converts managed services into reliable outcomes

Security-conscious by default; treats secure configuration as part of operations, not an add-on

Modernizer; balances operational stability with automation and lifecycle renewal

QUALIFICATION

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required

Master's degree is preferable

About the Company

Aldar Properties

Real estate development and asset management

Aldar Properties is a real estate developer and asset manager in Abu Dhabi. It operates two segments: Aldar Development, which builds and sells land, homes, and commercial spaces (such as Yas Island and Saadiyat Island), and Aldar Investment, which owns and manages rental and income-generating assets like Yas Mall, offices, residences, and hotels. The company earns from property sales and from ongoing rental and asset income, relying on a mix of development projects and a steady income portfolio. Its goal is to shape Abu Dhabi’s urban landscape with large, long-term projects while expanding its asset base and regional footprint.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2004

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Aldar Properties

See more jobs