Company Description
Global Brands Group (GBG) is the Middle East’s leader in IT solutions for essential business applications, systems, and technologies. We reinvent, optimize, and strengthen the way companies function by delivering technologies focused on digital transformation across all key touchpoints in a business’s IT infrastructure. With decades of shared experience and a dedication to innovation, we offer a comprehensive roster of products, services, and solutions. Global Brands Group partners with industry giants like Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, VMware, Palo Alto Networks, and Riverbed Technology to empower companies to expand their business possibilities and explore new potentials with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
Role Description
- Providing clients while understanding the unique requirements of customers and providing appropriate technical cloud solutions and architecture designs.
- Reviewing and recommending technologies to improve the delivery of Microsoft and non-Microsoft solutions.
- Be a technological cloud advocate to a wider audience, both within and outside the business.
- Be part of internal innovation hubs and collaborate across the entire firm.
- Drive innovation by developing a codebase and implementing automated deployments.
- Ability to build solid relationships and show technical expertise to deliver quality, client-centric solutions using Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies.
- Advocate innovation within the firm and with clients and promote team collaboration.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required
- 2+ years of experience in On-Premises and Cloud technologies
- Experience in Azure IaaS (Networking, Storage, Virtualization).
- Experience in Azure Backup & Recovery Services.
- Experience in Azure Site Recovery.
- Experience with Azure Governance (Blueprints, Policies, and Cost Management).
- Experience with Azure Security (NSG, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, and Azure Firewall).
- Experience with a Hybrid environment (On-premises infrastructure and Cloud)
- Experience with SQL Server HA, Always-On, Failover, and SQL Administration.
- Experience with Azure identities (Azure AD, Service Principals, Managed Identities)
- Experience with Azure SQL Services (Managed Instances & Azure SQL DB).
- Experience with the Azure Migration process (Assessment and Migration)
- Linux Administration is an add-on
- Automation Experience using any of the automation languages and techniques is an add-on
Personal Skills:
High sense of responsibility and ownership, acting like an owner in what you do.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills
Experience working with Agile concepts. Being able to work on their own or in a team
Being able to work to tight deadlines
Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations
Handling many tasks & responsibilities