Infrastructure And Cyber Security Manager Hospitality

Job Description:

Black Pearl is supporting a leading hospitality organisation in Abu Dhabi in the appointment of an experienced Infrastructure & Cyber Security Manager.

This is a senior IT management position for an experienced infrastructure professional who can lead a large technical team, maintain reliable and secure enterprise IT infrastructure, strengthen IT governance and compliance, and support the organisations wider cybersecurity objectives.

The position is particularly suited to an experienced IT Infrastructure Manager, Infrastructure Manager, IT Operations Manager, Infrastructure & Security Manager, IT Infrastructure & Security Manager, Senior IT Manager or Head of Infrastructure who has strong hands‑on infrastructure experience together with practical exposure to cybersecurity and IT governance.

The role is primarily focused on IT infrastructure, with cybersecurity forming an important secondary responsibility.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for the stability, availability, performance and security of the organisations IT infrastructure.

You will lead a sizeable IT team of approximately 30-50 professionals and work closely with the Head of IT and other senior stakeholders to ensure that technology services support business operations effectively.

The role combines:

• IT infrastructure management
• Enterprise networking
• Server and systems management
• Infrastructure planning and optimisation
• IT governance
• IT policies and procedures
• Cybersecurity controls
• Risk management
• ISO compliance
• Disaster recovery
• Business continuity
• Infrastructure projects
• Vendor and stakeholder management
• Team leadership and development

• Lead and manage the organisations IT infrastructure function.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, scalability and performance of core IT infrastructure.
• Oversee enterprise networks, servers, storage, virtualisation, cloud environments and related infrastructure services.
• Develop and implement infrastructure strategies aligned with organisational requirements.
• Identify opportunities to modernise, optimise and improve infrastructure performance.
• Monitor infrastructure capacity, performance and availability.
• Ensure appropriate backup, disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements are in place.
• Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, implementations and technology improvement projects.
• Ensure infrastructure incidents are investigated, resolved and properly documented.

• Oversee enterprise network infrastructure and connectivity.
• Work with technologies such as Cisco and other enterprise networking platforms.
• Provide leadership across LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, firewalls and related network technologies.
• Oversee server and systems administration across relevant Microsoft, Linux, virtualised and cloud environments.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring, maintenance and preventive measures are implemented.
• Work with technical teams to resolve complex infrastructure and systems issues.

• Support the organisations cybersecurity strategy and security initiatives.
• Ensure appropriate security controls are implemented across infrastructure environments.
• Support vulnerability management, security assessments and incident response.
• Oversee appropriate access controls and identity management processes.
• Work closely with cybersecurity, risk and compliance stakeholders.
• Identify infrastructure-related security risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
• Promote security awareness and best practices across IT operations.

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of approximately 30-50 IT professionals.
• Set clear objectives and performance expectations.
• Support recruitment, training and…